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Originally Posted by CSharp
As much as I like Gio, it's gonna be tough to justify keeping him and lose a couple of good right side d-men through free agency and try to replace them with less experience or high priced addins via FA. I'd love to see both Brodie and Hamonic get contract extensions. The Gio situation is a difficult one. With the expansion draft coming, you protect him, you'll lose someone. However, you un-protect Gio, you lose part of your offense. At the same time, he's getting closer to the retirement age. With his past injury history, who knows it this will be repeated more often as he gets closer to that retirement age in 3 or 4 years, let alone the next year or 2.
I still say that if Hanifin can be offered up in a package for an upgrade, that's the best scenario. We can't keep holding on potential that might not turn up. Letting 2 right side d-men walk is crazy. I like to see the left side D get bigger and tougher.
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Serious question. What has Hamonic done on the ice to warrant another chance? He's 29 and in decline. He's like a bigger, more physical Kris Russell and we all like to mock that contract.