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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Hanifin was easily better last year than he was in Carolina, and has slipped some this year—I think understandably so given everything the team has endured in the first two months.
I just told you why it was a slam dunk for both teams. BOTH TEAMS ARE BETTER BECAUSE OF THE TRADE—quite a bit better, actually. And while there may soon be a day when the Flames pine for Hamilton, I am NOT convinced that that wish will come at the expense of Lindholm and Hanifin.
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That’s nice that you put that in capitals to repeat your opinion (That you present as fact because that’s what arrigance is) but I guess I’ll say again - I DONT AGREE THAT BOTH TEAMS ARE BETTER- did putting it in capitals make it any different?
Krike.
We filled a RW hole but significantly weakened our defence imo. I view the trade as a slight loss that i personally wouldn’t do again, but I certainly can see the argument that it was a win for the flames. I don’t have to disparage players to come to that conclusion.
Also, how do you personally know that Hanifin was better last year than in Carolina? Big canes fan that watched all his games or what? Same offensive production, worse possession metrics in Calgary, all while benefitting from a 100+ PDO versus 95 in Carolina. I will say that it appears he was heavily sheltered with zone starts in Carolina. But unless you actually watched most of the canes games from that season I’m not sure how you can proclaim that he was much improved last year because the numbers dont show it, and my eyes didn’t see a very good player last year.