Gotta agree. I’m all for keeping Hanifin. But we tried it. 7.5M is fair, imo. He hasn’t signed, so you move on.
I haven’t read through everything so I missed anyone saying up the offer, but I would treat that like the idea of keeping Hanifin and trading Andersson: it’s nonsense.
On Andersson, you hear the way he talks and this is a guy who is future captain material. He’s super underrated here and sounds like a guy who actually wants to be here, is close in conversation with Conroy and Huska, and goes to bat for his team.
Trading him is the kind of move that takes the air out of a room. We’re trying to build contender here and sure, you need to make moves to build the talent to achieve that, but this would be an Andrew Ference like trade except you’re dealing a player that is that much better to go along with those “intangibles.” Huge mistake imo. Run with Weegar/Andersson/Kylington through the transition and this team is going to be in great shape.
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