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Originally Posted by kehatch
I am not a fan of trading for Hall. Due to injuries he is a 50 point forward. But he is going to be paid as an elite player.
That said, as purely a rental he will make the team that trades for him better. The two teams at the top of the list are in our division. Picking him up keeps him out of their hands and potentially makes us better. So a case can be made.
I don't see a trade around prospects though. Calgary can't take on the cap. Something around Hanafin might work. Hanafin/Frolik or Hanafin/Bennett for example. Gives us Hall and a bit of breathing room to maybe add near the deadline. Gives NJ a 22 your old top 4 D locked in for 5 years at a good contract.
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I really don't want Hall but if you are dealing for him you should have the intention of signing him so salary needs to go back. I would trade Backlund who looks good on the wing but is still not a top 6 guy in my mind and would give NJ a C that can fill in a top two role until Hughes is comfortable, then they can move Backlund to 3rd line C where he becomes perhaps the best 3rd line C in the NHL setting them down the middle. It sheds the Flames 5+ Million I'm cap space and with Frolik at the end of his deal there is your Hall signing money. Backlund, Kylington, and a 1st probably gets it done. I am showing how financially and asset wise the Flames could do it, I am in no way changing my mind about Hall, don't want him. And if BT trades Hanifin in a deal for Hall he should be run out of town.