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Originally Posted by dissentowner
This isn't the way it actually happened according to what I have heard. He was absolutely going to sign that extension and it was the Flames who decided to back off it because the team was not playing well. If things continue to trend the way they have been recently I expect that deal to get signed without a trade after, despite what LeBraun is reporting. Everything I am hearing is that Hanifin prefers to stay in Calgary now.
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I would have no problem with them keeping Hanifin and trading Lindholm and Tanev. Dmen take the longest to develop and the Flames have few, if any, in the system that look like they could be top 4 dmen. Try to get a haul for Tanev and Lindholm and rebuild through the draft with a solid top 3 on the backend.