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Originally Posted by CGY12
Point completely above your head again I see.
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Insult noted. Insults are not arguments, and calling me names does not make you right.
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1) I'm not suggesting firing him into the sun, I'm suggesting improving a position of extreme weakness by subtracting from a position of extreme strength. Do the Flames still have an strong to an elite D if you subtract Hanifin from the fold? I think they do.
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I don't. They'll be playing an AHLer as their #6. If Tanev isn't 100% at the start of the season, make that #5.
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2) The good old excuse of everybody looked terrible and well he was matched up against McD so he gets a free pass is not valid IMO. If your supposedly one of our best defensemen and probably the strongest skater of the group, I'd expect some level of competency out there, even against Mcdavid. Thats not to suggest hes going to shut him down but he looked utterly lost more often then not.
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In your opinion. The fact of the matter is, the defencemen who logged the most time against McDavid and Draisaitl had the worst numbers, which is exactly what one would expect. If you think Hanifin should have done better against a pair of forwards who made every single defenceman in the league look silly, then I suggest you tell me what you would have considered an acceptable performance from him.
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3) Weegar is so elite and in my opinion instantly becomes our best Dman that I think you can afford to move somebody.
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I don't buy that. As they say on Wikipedia, ‘*citation needed’.
The Flames jumped through all kinds of hoops to get the sort of defensive depth where they don't need to have a tweener logging heavy minutes in next year's playoffs. Now you want to trade it away again and put them right back where they were – one injury away from a defensive train wreck.
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4) I'm suggesting Hanifin because he would have the most value from a age/contract and whether we like it or not, with 2 years left on his deal and being American, hes a flight risk.
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Why do you hate Americans so much? Honestly, here I see another poster who thinks American hockey players have no other mission in life but to screw Canadian teams over.
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Trade him and try and maximize value to address another need, or what wait till 23/24 deadline to see what he decides?
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Of course, those are the only two options available. Because you can't trade him during this season, or next off-season. You can't attempt to re-sign him. Nope, if you don't trade him right this minute, with two years left on his deal, he will absolutely certainly walk.
Is that your argument?