agree with your assessment except
I think Dougie being a top 2 and offensive minded d-men is worth more then a Marner or Stone let alone having to add Bennett or Fox to make it happen? swapping firsts helps get some talent on the farm sooner in a deep draft, so makes sense
I too don't want to move DH, but if you do , you got to make it worth your while to add to our top 6, we shouldn't have to be adding anything
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Originally Posted by Heavy Jack
I think Hamilton + 1st or Hamilton + Bennett is more than fair to land a top RW like Stone or Marner. Both those teams are in need of stud defenceman and no matter what way you try to shake it D. Hamilton has been a stud dman for us.
Do I want to trade Hamilton? Not really no but I'm a realist with this roster too and looking at the type of value contract he's currently locked in at and the other D-men we have similarly locked up in very good value deals then it makes sense to deal from a position of strength when you consider what's pushing in our defensive cupboards ~ Kulak, Andersson, Kylington, Valimaki, Fox and even Wotherspoon if he reups have all been pretty promising prospects in their own ways and have continued to grow.
Do I trade Hamilton for picks? No that's a step backward.
Do I trade down on Hamilton? We aren't Edmonton, obviously we don't.
Do I trade Hamilton for a player in a position of need with equal pedigree? Every single day and twice on Sunday and I should hope the majority of CP thinks that way too.
Dougie isn't a problem for us; he's a solution whether that be while continuing to wear a Flaming C or while wearing different colours after landing us a prized winger.
Trades I would do for DH:
DH + Fox + 19 1st ~ Marner + 18 1st
DH ~ Nylander + 18 1st
DH + Bennett + 19 1st + Fox ~ Stone + 18 1st
DH + Bennett ~ Tarasenko
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