I think this is an interesting trade. I was honestly shocked to see it was Hamilton that we were moving and Ferland part of the deal with Adam Fox.
I'd like to know if Adam Fox played his fourth year he would become a FA but would have to sign with a team on an ELC? Would the Flames recover this draft pick? This rule really can be very troublesome for teams. If Johnny refused to sign and ended up somewhere else without anything in return that would be the coulda shoulda boo hoo fest on here forever.
The next observation I had is Treliving is often working with teams which there are connections and or personal knowledge such as Arizona. How does a I deal like this get done with the same team who we just acquired the coach from? The odds seem pretty low but here we are.
To that end, what point is it looking at Carolina players stats, who as I understand spends to the cap basement or near to and managed to finish 1 less point in the win column then the Flames? That said, the Flames did pull the plug on the season causing us to finish much lower in the standings then we may have.
It would be interesting to now if Dougie and/or Ferland realize they are traded into an organization that might be the equivalent of Siberia? Do Hanifin and Lindholm feel they are being traded into Siberia? I mean getting traded to a cup contending team from either of these teams would feel better for any player.
Like the forum, I have friends that are equally split on Hamilton. Some nights he was super elite, other nights prone to defensive errors. Will never forget when we were at the St. Louis game around Christmas and I had 3 friends. One friend was running him down hard, so I started cheering so loudly for Dougie, he got a hat trick that night and by the end our whole section was laughing because I would cheer loud whenever he got the puck. I enjoyed Dougie and he was an offensive asset. He was also acquired on a very good trade by Brad Treliving.
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