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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Hamonic is a nice piece and everything, ideal fit for Calgary with role/cap hit, but he's not the type of player you build a trade for Duchene around.
Matt Duchene is a 26 year old 30 goal scoring defensively responsible/reliable centre with impressive skating.
Would anyone on this board have moved Backlund for Hamonic + 1st?
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I would have made the Backlund trade easily under the right circumstance. For instance if we knew Jankowski was going to be a defensively responsible top 3 line centre next year I make that deal. If we didn't have anyone like Bennett or Jankowski in the system then no I don't make that trade
If Calgary was hitting the reset button like the Avs my interest would be geared to top prospects rather than in prime vets.
Also the Avs have a weak blueline but respectable on the right side. Hamonic didn't solve any issues for the Avs so I understand why they said no