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Originally Posted by Monahammer
You can get by without ditching Brodie, I think most of us just believe he is the most detachable piece from the back end long term:
- probably at his maximum upside, and while pretty great, still makes some pretty obvious gaffes
- we will not be able to protect all of our assets at the expansion draft, and people believe that keeping hanifin, valimaki, kylington and Anderson is more important (and gio obviously)
-brodies next contract will make him much less appealing going forward
-people are nervous after his performance the last few years and want to maximize his trade value- sell high
-people are confident that Rasmus can take his spot without disrupting the team
Other things we can do for space next season:
-get rid of frolik for a pick
-perhaps investigate trading neal (if he does well in playoffs especially)
-maybe look into trading Ryan if we really have to. I think there would be suitors.
-sign tkachuk to a short term bridge (5.5-6mil range on 2-3 years buys us more time)
Really it's the model the Blackhawks used during peak dynasty- inflate value in playoffs of vets and trade to recoup assets then bring in low value contracts to support core. Trading brodie is like trading Brian Campbell.
Brodie move is definitely in the offseason and not now though
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Actually, it's nothing like that. In 2010 Brian Campbell was anchoring the Blackhawks' second pair with Hjalmarsson while Keith and Seabrook were the Blackhawks' top pair. Brian Campbell was also one of the highest paid defensemen in the NHL period, he had a similar cap hit to Sidney Crosby and a ton of term left on his deal. He was basically what Hanifin is for us, except with double Hanifin's cap hit.
It's more like the Blackhawks trading away Brent Seabrook because he was just a product of Duncan Keith.
Additionally, because Brodie only has a year of term left, his highest value is to the Calgary Flames. Rebuilding teams want term, competing teams want performance / $.