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Originally Posted by SeanCharles
I agree, Hamilton is the last dman I would trade out of this group.
- He's the youngest of our top 5
- He's our best offensive dman and has the most potential
- He's a big bodied right hand shot who can log a ton of icetime
- He skates very well for his size and has a massive reach
- He puts up 50pts a year and hasn't peaked yet
- His possession numbers have looked good if not great in the last two seasons
Why trade this? Cause he still has some defensive lapses every so often? The older he gets the less this will happen.
If Kyllington and/or Valimaki can put it all together Brodie might be the guy to trade in order to get a high end RW. It pains to say cause I love Brodie but, outside of Stone, I don't see any of the other top 5 guys getting moved.
In all honesty I don't know if I even would trade Brodie but, as I mentioned, if we have either of those high ceiling LD develop sooner than expected it would be a nice problem to have.
I like that this team is following in Nashville and Anahiems footsteps. Continually finding and developing NHL defenseman is a huge boon to help your organization continually remain competitive.
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The only reason you would trade Hamilton is because he would get the biggest return. (For all the reasons you listed here)
I'm not saying the Flames should or will trade him, but if they did, that would be why.
Also, ultimately they would only do it if they felt like Andersson was going to be a legit top 2 or 3 D-man that can bring everything Dougie can, so despite Dougie being the youngest of our top 5 Dmen right now, they'd essentially be replacing him with someone even younger.
Like I said in another thread though, this discussion is premature IMO. The earliest I could see this happening would be next off-season, if it even happens at all.