[Drunk Uncle]

Originally Posted by Jay Random

Don't butter me up. Harrumph!



I know I have that habit, and I'm sorry about it. Part of the trouble is, I cut my teeth on Usenet back in the day, which meant spotty moderation or none at all, and frequent wall-to-wall flamewars. This place is Shangri-La by comparison – but there are enough meltdowns and enough flamewars that I never feel quite at home, and I often feel like I have to be adversarial or be mocked right off the board. I apologize for being so abrasive, but I may never really be able to cure it.

That said, I really don't think Hanifin should be traded, for two reasons. First, wing is nowhere near as important a position as defence, and second, the Flames are not as strong on defence as they look. The top six are really solid, but they're one injury away from having to play some really questionable depth players. And we still don't know how Tanev will hold up after his surgery. I hope it's not another Monahan situation, but you never know.

Rather than acquire a big-ticket winger, and then give up even more assets to shed Lucic's cap hit, I'd much prefer to add a cheaper second-line forward like Kessel or Rodrigues and save the team's assets.

Put me in this camp. I don't think the benefits of trading Hanifin for a winger, or any top 4 d on the team for a winger, outweigh the detriments of losing him. I still think a winger add is required but not at the expense of Hanifin.