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Originally Posted by Hey Connor, It's Mess
Would anyone here make the Hamonic trade over again if given the choice?
I'm trying to understand why the assets were spent on a defenseman when acquiring a top 6 scoring RW seemed a more immediate need. Would we really be that much worse off with a Gio-Hamilton, Brodie-Stone, Kulak-Andersson/Summer UFA back end, combined with the additional scoring help up front from the RW who was acquired? I think we'd be much better.
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I would do Hamonic again easily. He's been very good for 3/4 of the year so far IMO. A top 4 D man to play with Brodie was easily as big a need as a RW. I think there was a thought Brouwer would play better, and Jagr was supposed to contribute more.
The order of priority was: goalie, top 4 dman, added scoring. On the latter Treliving hoped his winger scoring would come from Tkachuk, Gaudreau, Frolik, Brouwer (an improvement was hoped for), Ferland (turned out better than expected) and hopefully someone in camp, like Foo. Foo turned into Jagr and that just didn't pan out.