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Originally Posted by Rando
Then you and some of the hockey world have very short memories.
By the end of December last year Hamitlon had played 38 games for the Canes managing just 3 goals, ten points and sat at -14. Hamilton was with his third organization at the age of 25 still not playing top pairing minutes. Flames Draft Watcher can be a little snarky but the evaluating the trade is still far from done. And Hanifin could swing this wildly in the Flames favor if he gets it together.
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The evaluation of the trade is absolutely far from over, I don’t know who has said it is. Hamilton had his traditional ‘adjusting to a new team’ half a season, like he did first year here, and then has since settled in to being back to the top talent he is. He is absolutely an elite No 1 and pretending he isn’t to help justify the trade is a really bad look.
Hanifin can swing the trade, absolutely. It’s just starting to look less and less likely as we go.