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Originally Posted by Hockey_Ninja
I'm honesty prepared to be underwhelmed with the returns for Lindholm, Tanev and Hanifin and I think others should also brace themselves too. I'm sure we'll still get something decent for those guys but nothing earth shattering. I just want more 1sts than anything at this point
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My expectations at this point for the Lindholm and Hanifin trades are pretty much just a 1st round pick + 2nd round pick + B-level prospect for each one when they are traded separately. That’s the typical return for these type of players in the past when traded as rentals. The proposal to trade them together was simply to see if doing that could return an A-level prospect as I don’t see the flames getting any A-level prospects in their trades otherwise.
It might be too complicated of a trade to pull off anyways due to salary and the weight of putting two quality NHLers going one way in the deal. It would have to yield a higher quality prospect in return for it to be worth it… especially if it meant only getting one (guaranteed) first round pick in the return instead of two that could be acquired by trading them separately.