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Originally Posted by Beninho
Carolina was easy pickings for Treliving, they seem to have awful player management there along with a losing culture with zero fan base. It makes total sense that the 3 players they let go are having big years. Carolina let go a guy on pace for 50+ goals, a 21 year top 4 offensive Dman, and a player who could very well hit 70 pts. We were told Hanifin wasn’t a top 4 guy and Lindholm was a 40-50 pt guy. Boy did they give up two studs on 2 extremely reasonable contacts and let Skinner go for chump change. Oh and they let a good coach walk away too. Flames scouted the Hurricanes perfectly, while also having a coach that knew these two players very well. I understand maybe trading Hanifin because they have a solid D core but man did they ever #### up letting Lindholm go. Such a good 2 way player on just a sexy sexy contract. This trade looks better and better for the flames every passing week. Treliving nailed this one
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Canes didn’t give up Lindholm or Hanifin with their great contracts. They were RFA’s and Treliving did the solid work to get them signed. By all accounts the Canes tried to keep Lindholm but the contract negotiations were going poorly so they moved on. The deal for both teams was about shaking up the locker room. The Flames wanted a right shot forward and comprable replacement on D. The Canes wanted a physical forward and got the best player in the trade at the time (who had 3 years left on his deal) and also squeezed a top prospect out of the Flames.
I really think it was a great trade for both teams but if Ferland walks, and Fox doesn’t sign it will be a huge loss for the Canes. What I love is the Flames drafted Ferland in the 5th round, Fox in the 3rd, and used a mid 1st and 2 mid 2nds to get Dougie. Those pieces allowed them to get 2 guys drafted 5th overall within the last 3-5 years.
If you would have told me in 2013 we would have 5 guys picked in the top 6 by the time theb18/19 season rolled around I would believe you. We just entered a scorched earth rebuild and got peanuts for our Franchise winger and top D. Luckily as Flames fans we only had to witness 3 poor years to draft those players ourselves and this trade got us the other 2.