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Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler
As C4L has pointed out countless times, our D is already horrible in terms of offensive support and transition. Giordano is the only one who provides any offense. I guess you can hope that Andersson suddenly finds some, but going into the next season with Hanifin/ Tanev as the #1 pair is no good from an offensive perspective, plus Tanev can break any time, given his style and history...
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I feel like Hanifin could turn into a 40-50pt Dman. He has multiple seasons over 30 and that is with really no powerplay time (at least the one year in Calgary where he hit 32). I also like the offensive upside of Andersson and Valimaki. Hopefully in this world Kylington gets a permanent spot.
I just would rather lose Gio to Seattle because this scenario I have come up with turns over most of the core. I wouldn’t be overly angry if they paid a small price to keep Gio but I would hate to pay a premium for that. As PepsiFree pointed out even with Gio on the team there is cap space to fill out the roster after making the priopsed Buffalo deal.