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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Interesting take. Definitely don't agree with most of what you say.
Lindholm is a #1 RW/C
Hanifin's ceiling is far, far higher than a #4 dman. To call him that is to fail to recognize his potential. He'll likely settle as a #2 IMO. This team has multiple potential top pairing dmen in Gio, Valimaki, Hanifin and Andersson. Just because we're deep doesn't mean you should underrate the guys who aren't playing top pairing minutes atm.
Hamilton is an offensive dman who has compete issues in his own zone. He can definitely play top pairing but I hated his effort and compete in the defensive zone. Not missing him one bit.
The trade remains a solid win for Calgary IMO. We got 2 core players for 1 core player. I guess Fox remains the wildcard.
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I don't see Hanifin as a core player. Core players are top pairing dmen and top line forwards imo. Hanifin has so far to go to be considered a top pairing defenseman, it isn't even funny. And you can't call Lindholm a #1C, unless you are ready to call Draisaitl one. He's a solid 1RW, but his effectiveness at C remains to be seen.
Slag Hamiton all you want but I bet if you polled the fans of other teams, most would view that trade as a loss.