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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
There is one big reason that exists and that’s the expansion draft. The Flames will likely protect only 3 defenseman and I don’t see Hanifin making the cut. So the Flames could potentially lose him for nothing or try to recoup something for him.
I’ve been thinking about a trade that could work for Hanifin for quite a while and the only one I could think of that’ll work for both sides is an expansion protected prospect. So if Boston is looking at Hanifin, maybe a framework around one their top blue chippers could work. Not sure if Jack Studnicka or Vaakanainen are expansion draft protected, but if he is, these could be the type of players maybe Treliving is targeting.
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Vaakanainen would be a huge fail. He'd be like 7th on our LD depth chart even without Hanifin. We do not need more LD.
Strudnika is a maybe. I don't see how he's going to be better than Jankowski, and I would not make a Hanifin-Janko trade if my life depended on it.