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Originally Posted by Bingo
I'm good with where Hanifin is in his game and happy to keep him, but with Giordano a mainstay for three years and Valimaki coming hard it is a bit of a log jam for top four spots.
Is Valimaki ready to move up and play with Hamonic? If so it might be better for the cap and roster balance to move Hanifin now, rather than have one of he or Valimaki get considerably less ice.
That can be alleviated somewhat by having one guy on the PK and one on the PP as well though.
The other advantage of moving Hanifin is the ability to promote and use Kylington more effectively. If they see him as a 4-5 guy they probably don't want to lose him or have him sitting most nights.
I think the right side is handled by keeping Stone for a year, but they could upgrade that 6 spot as well.
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You need both Valimaki and Hanifin to replace Giordano long term IMO.
Plus it’s unlikely we have another year where we’re so healthy on defense. Sure Gio-Hanifin-Valimaki looks like a logjam but only when we’re healthy. A couple injuries and we’ll be happy to have all 3. It’s a dream scenario for have a top 4 dman on the left side on all 3 pairs, why would we be looking to remove that luxury?
Not sure why people believe we’d auto lose a Gaudreau or Monahan trade. Some tough questions will need to be asked about whether they’ll ever be playoff heroes and whether that is a problem enough to deal one of them.