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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
Not sure if i'm in minority here or not, but I'm not really interested in trading Matthew Tkachuk even with the QO. The Gaudreau-Lindholm-Tkachuk line is pretty much the only above (league) average line this team has and I think they can carry and propel this team to the next level. It took a long time for this organization to put them together, but it works and works really well.
Gio and Tanev is the other above (league) average pairing. I have a hard time seeing Darryl being ok with exposing his #1 defenseman just to keep his #4 guy Hanifin. Darryl doesn't come off as an agist either, so I doubt he cares that Hanifin is 14 years younger. Iunno, maybe I'll be proven wrong, but it's just an inkling I have.
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You are not alone, I love that trio as a line and also believe they can be a force if given more time together. It does feel like we are in the minority these days though.
I wonder what comes of the whole expansion process in regards to our dmen cause the Flames won’t want to lose any of their top 4 guys for nothing.
This is a big reason I think the main pieces for Eichel should be Monahan and Hanifin. Toss in picks & prospects to balance it out and you don’t expose anyone to Seattle really aside from Kylington, Gawdin and Phillips.
The salary balances fairly well $11.325mill to Buffalo for $10mill Eichel, Buffalo have a need for a top 4 LHed dman and would probably want a top 6C to replace Eichel.
Ristolainan wants out so Buffalo can trade him and protect Hanifin, Dahlin and Jokiharju on D.
A lot of assumptions but that’s how I would like to see it go.
I know everyone is adverse to trading Hanifin right now but last offseason he was deemed expendable and you need to give up good pieces to get good pieces back.