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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Revisionist history, and completely inaccurate.
Boston tried very hard to sign him, and offered him more money than the Flames signed him for. The only reason they traded him was because they knew he was going to sign an offer sheet anyway. By trading him, they got a marginally better return.
But go ahead and make up whatever supports your narrative.
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we just went through the Gaudreau signing fiasco where nobody on CP had any kind of idea what the real negotiations were like.
Hamilton was in the same boat as Trouba is in this year. Trouba might be considered a better player as he was selected over Hamilton for the World cup team.
The Flames rescued Hamilton and Boston from a bad situation. If they thought he was a franchise level d-man they could have played hard ball and he would still be a Bruin.
I am pretty sure the the Jets have said they have offered Trouba a fair contract. That does not mean they have offered min 5.8x6 like Hamilton actually got from the Flames.
Boston said they offered Hamilton a fair contract .... nobody outside of the participants in the negotiations know what offers where actually made for Hamilton by Boston.
The threat of offer sheets??? Very limited time available for that as the 2015 draft was almost there and no way would/should a borderline playoff team like the Flames give up a potential chance at Matthews or Laine or even Tkachuck on a ELC for Hamilton on a 5.8x6.