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Originally Posted by Philly06Cup
I'm surprised how many people want to also add Stone. The biggest need now is offensive depth.
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Maybe Stone can play RW?
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Originally Posted by devo22
Late to the party.
What a fantastic trade. The asking price was pretty high, but I feel the Flames did very well here. Hamonic is exactly what the Flames defense needed: a legitimate top 4 defenseman with a right-handed shot and bit of an edge to his game. He's 26 and on a decent contract, you can't really ask for more here. He should be a great fit and IMO the Flames now have one of the best top 4s in the league. Giordano/Hamilton - Brodie/Hamonic is scary good.
Since the Isles originally asked for two 1sts, it was pretty clear that the 2018 1st would be a part of this deal ... what makes it a win for me is the fact that Treliving again managed to get a top 4 defenseman without having to give up a top prospect and/or young impact player. Yes, the Flames are bleeding draft picks right now, but I honestly believe that they are in a situation to do that for a year or two in order to make a legitimate push. They have a young core and they have also drafted pretty well lately, so I think the time to do a trade like this is now.
Couldn't be much happier right now. In a perfect world they also re-sign Stone now.
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I agree with you. I'm really happy about it.
I also tend to think about it within the context that Defencemen tend to play a little longer and develop a little later, so we've got a top 4 and with Stone an exceptional blueline overall, but without him we've got 3 young top defencemen for potentially the next few years.
As they age or are rotated out you're only replacing one guy at a time, its an ideal base.
And yes, we can afford the picks right now. Spend 'maybes' on proven players.