From the 31 thoughts podcast:
Friedman saw Treliving meet with Fox's family advisor on Friday before the draft and thinks they discussed whether Fox was going to sign
He thinks Fox was the prospect the Islanders tried to initially get in the Hamonic trade and the Flames didn't want to include him because they thought they could sign him
Carolina does this deal because of the salary certainty of Hamilton and to a lesser degree Ferland
salary negotiations were not going well with Lindholm or Hanifin - Carolina looked at it as these players are going to cost us money we didn't want to play and we are going another direction
right now you look at it as Dougie Hamilton is the best player in deal but you look at it as Lindholm and Hanifin have a chance to say something about that
Sometimes when a guy is traded he gets crapped on the way out... if you have something bad to say about someone say it to his face
I just feel this - He (Hamilton) has been traded twice now, he is a talented player - there is something there that we are not seeing
we don't know what is going on in the room. sometimes when a guy is traded out of a situation it is their own fault, sometimes guys have been traded out of a situation it is the other guys fault
he had a great year last year, I think there were things about him that frustrated the Flames
Hanifin and Lindholm have a chance to be the best players in this trade, but they just need to reach another level, both of them
Canes tried to address being too soft by acquiring Ferland (it was one of the reasons he was in the deal)
Friedman was told Lindholm was a guy who contributed to [being too soft]
you don't have to be a killer, you don't have to destroy people
if Lindholm gets some bite and a little bit of edge, Friedman thinks he has a chance to be a terrific player for Calgary
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