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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Remind me again why we are even thinking about trading a d-man who is a possession driver against top competition, puts up over 0.5 PPG, and is a positive player at even strength...all before he even turned 25.
That's right because of "Character" and "Grit"...I honestly hope that Treliving is smarter than thinking that Hamilton not hitting enough, or showing enough "heart" is the source of this team's problems this year. Scoring goals, and our PP were our biggest issues, both areas that Hamilton helps not hurts.
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Are you going into next season with the EXACT same roster (top 6-9 for example) less the UFA's and expecting exponentially better results?
Do you think the coaching change alone will be enough to turn the team around?
What asset do you feel we could trade that will net us a player that can give us a top 6 scoring threat?
Again, you're stuck in the narrative that people want to just trade Dougie because hes "bad" and nobody is saying that.
WE KNOW his numbers are good, we KNOW he's great at what he does but not without some visible holes. He's going to command a
SIGNIFICANT return if Brad chooses to test the waters.
1 Elite defenseman is worth a franchise forward + significant assets including 1st round picks every time you look at it, and YES I think that's the return we should expect.
Will we miss Dougie's offensive upside? Absolutely
Will we miss Dougie's defensive gafs and frequent penalties? Nope
Could another young defenseman slot in on the 1st pairing and put up some points? Sure, I think both Rasmus and Valimaki have a legit shot to make the team this year.
Do we have depth in the pipeline that could slot into a top 2 roll with the flames over the next few years? Sure we do its our strongest position.
I'm all for trading Dougie and giving a young kid a shot in the top 2
IF the return we get makes us
extremely better up front. Hell maybe even try Brodie back on that side and see if he can rekindle the magic he had 3-4 seasons ago under Hartley playing along side Gio.
We know he helps the PP, we now he put up the most points. It still wasn't enough sadly, our top 6 depth up front has to be close to one of the weakest in the NHL. In order to fix that you have to give up assets, and those assets have to be worth something to other GM's. That's why people throw Dougie's name around the most because he's our only tradable asset big enough to command a significant return and has NOTHING to do with how bad is or was.
You have to give to get, so if you want to GET something this off season that makes us better for next year, hes our best shot. We've got no draft picks to dangle, it has to be a roster player and unfortunately for all flames fans it would take Dougie to get something done.
Now if you think the coaching change solves our problems then I'm not sure what to say, you're entitled to your opinion and nothing I say will change that but our top 6 speaks for itself, it didn't get it done and that's with all 3 of Johnny, Sean and Ferland putting up career number's early in the season.