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Originally Posted by Saqe
I'd say Hall would've never become the player he is right now if he still was in Edmonton.
But with Hamilton, I don't really understand the big hole he would supposedly create. If you can get back a 60-70 point winger, the net change in offense is positive.
Yes, the amount of offense you'll get from defense will go down but what does it matter where the offense come from?
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It's about a chain reaction.
It's near sited to say, if we trade a 50 point defenseman for a 70 point forward, we are better because we're +20 in points.
Who does that 70 point forward supplant in the forward group? If he pushes Ferland down to the 2nd line, does Ferland still put up 21 goals, or do we lose 5 goals and 10 points from his total? now you're at a +10 net change.
If Dougie isn't on the back end driving play out of his zone and providing offense, does that mean other teams are putting up more points against our top pairing?
Also remember, Dougie didn't get much top PP time for the majority of the year, if Peters doesn't have his head in the sand like Gulutzan, it's quite possible Dougie puts up 10-15 more points this season.
Trading Dougie now, for anything less than a massive overpayment, and I'm not even sure that's out there, unless it's McDavid, would be silly.
I trade Gio 10 times out of 10 before I trade Dougie, and I wouldn't trade Gio.