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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
If Hanifin is so good and if D is so much more valuable than RW, why aren't we getting anything for him?
And of course, if we aren't, you don't move him.
People are acting like the concept of trading Hanifin revolves around moving him for the sake of moving him. It doesn't. Hanifin is a good player, has a ton of value, and moving him would still leave us improved on the back end over last season.
If you can't get value for him, you don't move him. It doesn't have to be hard. But out of every D we have, you have the biggest opportunity to get a high value player with Hanifin. And we could do that without giving up our first or second best defenseman. That's why it is appealing. Doesn't mean you do it for just anything. I find a lot of the "Oh but you'd only get Anderson" comments totally pointless. If it's true, then you don't trade him. It's not like anyone is bound to trade a player for anything available just because someone said it was worth exploring on the internet.
I don't think you get the same value out of Kylington. Maybe a young third line type that can score 15. But the same goes for him. If you can get good value out of him that improves the team, you do it.
The only thing that has gotten worse this offseason is our offensive production potential. Makes sense to address that by reducing the amount we already improved a near-league-best team defense. Without Hanifin we're still defensively better than last year. With Hanifin we're a LOT better... and I don't think we needed that big of an improvement.
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Gaudreau - Tkachuk - Gudbranson: 236 points last year, 460 in 589 games over 3 years
Huberdeau - Kadri - Weegar: 246 points last year, 507 in 561 games over 3 years
I don't think the bolded statement is accurate
I also think we will see improved offense from whoever moves up in the lineup, likely being Toffoli and Dube, or the addition of Milano
Offense is not going to be a problem, and weakening the bolstered D to try and improve it makes no sense (unless you can hit a homerun)