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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
I wasn't really interested in seeing the Flames trade for Hall before, but with Wards propensity to mix up the lines and his willingness to play Lindholm at center, I might be warming up to the idea some.
I just hate the idea of giving up a bunch of futures though, and if they do they better be sure they can extend him at a fair price that doesnt cripple the cap going forward.
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Two problems:
1. There's no way he will sign an extension unless he's sure he will get at least as much as he would if he went to free agency. I suspect he will be asking for $11M X 7-8 years for an extension.
2. He's a left-shooting left winger who would be coming to a team with two high-end left-shooting left wingers. What we need is a right-shooting centre or right winger, that's where we are organizationally weaker, and putting Johnny or MT on the right side just isn't the same as having a high-end right winger. The only way I would make a trade for Hall would be if it was Gaudreau and Lucic for a signed Hall, because we don't need both Gaudreau and Hall, and Johnny's cap hit is a heck of a lot better than Hall's is or will be going forward. That trade, of course, would never happen.