[mikephoen]

Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache

Firstly, yes all day long on the coach. This guy is awful.

A top 6 forward? It will take more than that. If the Flames are a good team they only have 3-4.

Gaudreau, Monahan, Tkachuk...

Backlund - Frolik - x is a third line on a good team.

Make your case that either Backlund is, or Bennett could be a top 6 guy.

Some people considering if Hamilton should be traded are thinking about what it would take to get a legit top winger.

Stone may create cap space but he doesn’t get you a top winger. Not even if you throw in all of your garbage like Brouwer, Stajan, Shinkaruk, whatever Brodie has become under Gulutzan, etc.

And why Hamilton? Because the question is legitimate if he has the compete to play D well. Everybody knows he can score. Nobody knows if he can play hard enough to defend at clutch times when he is matched against a hard opponent. Again, Boston fans asked those questions. Dougie does not play like Chara, Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand. Can he be coached to? Or is that an inner fire?

Hamilton is an asset with a value. The flames need a correspondingly valuable asset that is not coming back for their garbage.

Hint: If recardodw thanks your post, you've made an error in your analysis somewhere.