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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
I don’t see how trading Hamilton for a #1 RW over trading him for Lindholm and Hanifin positively impacts our starting goalie and #1 D scenario, what does it have to do with it?
In the situation you presented, here’s what could happen:
Keep Hamilton - no #1 RW, no starting goalie
Trade Hamilton for #1 RW - no starting goalie, no #1 D
Trade Hamilton for Lindholm and Hanifin - no starting goalie, ??? #1 RW, ??? #1 D
Lindholm and Hanifin may not be a lock to fill those holes, but they have a good shot at it.
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I guess you have more faith than I do in the players we got back. I definitely don’t see Lindholm as a #1RW and there are five years of history (4 under Peters himself) to back me up on that.
Hanifin might at best become Dougie Hamilton. So we went from a team with two major questions marks to three, while adding a 2nd/3rd line player in the process. Overall I think we got further away from a Stanley Cup roster after yesterday. And the one piece we had that might have addressed that #1RW position (which we have no one even close to filling even now) is gone.
I get it, there were extenuating circumstances that necessitated all three of these players moving on. But the team on the ice will be worse, an we’re basically out of cards to play. I’m sick and tired of watching mediocre hockey and the roster right now seems perfectly primed to provide plenty more of it for years to come.