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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
While I was a much bigger skeptic of the trade at the time (I had no faith that Lindholm would be as good as he has been here), and subsequently changed my tune, I still consider the Hanifin / Lindholm deal a draw. Hamilton was, and is, a top tier #1 defenseman, and Fox is looking like he'll be at least as good as Hanifin, and probably better. They had to trade Fox, but in terms of assets given up vs assets received it's probably roughly a wash...
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I think that that is still a win, though. The results of every trade is not always a zero-sum game, and I think this is one of those few instances where both teams came out really well because of it.