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Originally Posted by bax
I don’t think anyone is calling him a cap dump?
He just can’t be the “main piece” in a Hanifin trade when the goal is to get younger.
Trading Hanifin for a worse, older player as the big piece coming back would be terribly disapointing.
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Duclair is technically older than Hanifin, but I don't think that 16 months is that much of a difference and a consideration in the trade talks. I agree he's less valuable in a trade mostly due to injury history, and the Senators not qualifying him before he signed with Florida.
As for the player himself he had 11 points in the playoffs this year. He had 58 points in 74 games last year. In fact if we project his PPG in the last 4 years to an 82 game season it gives us a 56pt player. Would I like more in return, sure, but Duclair is a great piece, he has chemistry with Huberdeau, and hopefully he can stay healthy.