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Originally Posted by SebC
If Hamilton was half of the best defense pairing in the league, and leading all defensemen in goal scoring without even being emotionally invested, then his ceiling must be astronomical - and the trade looks worse.
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Agree- the lack of emotional investment schtick is pretty hard to believe at this level of play. Obviously there are differences in intensity among teammates and some players have the ability to find another level in the playoffs, but you’re not going to see that in every player on successful teams. So if Hamilton can’t get to a Brad Marchand level of intensity and truculence, that isn’t a big surprise, and shouldn’t be the major factor in the decision to trade him.
Why can’t we just assume that Treliving made the judgement that despite the goal scoring skill, the overall contribution wasn’t indispensable. And (probably with input from Peters), he felt that Hanifin’s defense would make up for the deficit in goal scoring. We don’t need to make it any more complicated, with speculation about psycho-social interactions.