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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Maybe something to take with a grain of salt because it's not 100% a confirmed source but I heard this today (I'll let Dissentowner or Sec214 confirm or deny if they have better info)
Flames are in a bit of a weird spot with Hanifin.
There are teams are willing to pay close to the asking price for Hanifin but only if he will extend. The is issue is generally he only wants to extend in a couple places (Calgary, Boston, Florida, one other unknown place) and as of right now those teams aren't the teams with the best offer on the table.
Those teams are interested in the player but don't really want to step up to pay the price. Boston and Florida don't have their 2024 1sts, which the Flames don't love as they'd prefer the picks be sooner. And those teams also don't have deep prospect pools, and aren't willing to move top prospects they do have (Poitras, Lundell, Samoskevich).
Which has reopened the door to the Flames signing him since there is still interest from
both sides in him re-signing, or hoping a team would be willing to pay the premium without a contract being agreed upon at the time of the trade.
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Desired outcomes:
1. Trade an extended Hanifin for a premium
2. Trade Hanifin as a rental for whatever the market will bear
Re-signing Hanifin shouldn't even be a real option. I really hope it's all posturing (but that seems unlikely at this stage). The Flames assessment of their own players has always been off (see: pretty much every off-season where management says we're a good team that just underachieved).
I really hope this is all posturing, as Hanifin should be traded and the Flames shouldn't be afraid to go in a new direction. Hanifin is not an irreplacable component.