Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community - View Single Post - [Trade] Elias Lindholm + Noah Hanifin to Flames for D. Hamilton, Micheal Ferland, & Adam Fox

GreenLantern2814 · 07-23-2018, 03:07 PM

Carter for Voracek was a pretty big win for the Flyers.

Ultimately, Calgary traded Dougie for the same reason Nashville is going to trade Subban. It's too much money on the back end, especially when the organizational strength of your team is defense (allegedly).

If you can get similar production from Gio-Brodie (and history suggests you can), you have turned a guy who is more than worth $5.75M (who might not be worth it at $8 or $9M - another debate) into a skilled top-6 forward who'll be with you for six more years AND a 22 year old defenseman with 3 seasons of NHL hockey under his belt.

And all of this is done with a negligible impact on the cap.

07-23-2018, 03:07 PM	#2108
GreenLantern2814 Franchise Player Join Date: Mar 2011 Exp:	Carter for Voracek was a pretty big win for the Flyers. Ultimately, Calgary traded Dougie for the same reason Nashville is going to trade Subban. It's too much money on the back end, especially when the organizational strength of your team is defense (allegedly). If you can get similar production from Gio-Brodie (and history suggests you can), you have turned a guy who is more than worth $5.75M (who might not be worth it at $8 or $9M - another debate) into a skilled top-6 forward who'll be with you for six more years AND a 22 year old defenseman with 3 seasons of NHL hockey under his belt. And all of this is done with a negligible impact on the cap.