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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
Wait, Hamilton "wasn't working out" in Calgary? That's absurd to say. He was one of the better defensemen in the league in his second and third years here.
The Flames traded him to try and address their issues up front and they took a gamble on Hanifin being able to replace him. They paid a pretty huge price to do it. The Flames did well in that deal but let's not act like they didn't give up two tremendous defensemen (and, yes, I know Fox wasn't going to sign, but he still had big trade value).
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He put up points but he was frustrating as hell. Made stupid defensive decisions often and took bad penalties a lot, especially late in games. I was glad to see him go and was one of the few people who liked the trade to Carolina on day #1.
And Fox didn't have "big trade value", his value was whatever the Rangers were willing to pay.