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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
So how does one reconcile the fact that Carolina just gave up on two young core players then? It's rather amusing that people are bending over backwards to try and paint Hamilton as a problem to justify dealing him without considering that there is no way the Hurricanes should have wanted to move Lindholm or Hanafin. Certainly not both. Never mind that these are players that need to take steps forward just for us to be even with where we were last year.
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Sounds like they wanted to keep both players but this owner is looking t shake things up and negotiated very hard which lead to an impass and then the trade.
The Flames come offering a star player and a crash and bang winger which are 2 of the biggest needs for the Hurricanes and they make the deal. By all accounts this deal came together when the Hurricanes decided they couldn’t sign their players to the contracts they wanted and the Flames could not sign Fox.
Maybe other people are justifying the Hamilton stuff but I have been saying it since the season ended.