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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
The amazing thing is Jones is know as thee up and coming stud young Dman yet has Hamilton out performed him over their first 6 years and is only one year older.
Personally, I don't trade a 24 year old consistent 45-50 point defenseman for a 27 year old consistent 55-60 point center. Sorry, but in the real world trading Hamilton for O'Reilly would be epic fail.
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The only way I'd do that 1 for 1 trade is if:
A) Dougie has been identified as one of the "problems" with the team's culture
B) Glen Gulutzan is no longer the head coach, because if Hamilton gets moved we're going to be relying on Brodie returning to form...and I'm not sure I believe that can happen with Gully at the helm.
I'm with you though - Hamilton > O'Reilly. It's still crazy to me how people undervalue the league leading goal scorer for defencemen as if it's nothing, not to mention how dominating the pair of Gio + Hamilton has been for 2 straight seasons now.