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Originally Posted by Calgary Highlander
Buium will become a star in his own right. It's a shame that the Canucks, despite their complete incompetence in managing the franchise, have stumbled their way into a decent setup for a rebuild.
Flames have to be more aggressive in trading players with term on their contract. It served them well with Markstrom, but it was a missed opportunity on guys like Hanifin and Tanev (and now potentially Andersson).
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Vancouver turning a 26 year old franchise D into a 20 year old future franchise D + three other assets is really friggin good. Quinn Hughes is one of the best defenceman to ever play the game ("one of" as in, in a group along side others - for anyone thinking I'm calling him Bobby Orr). Buium has a chance of being in the same ballpark as Hughes. Will he be a one-to-one equal or better? I'm not ready to make that claim, but there's no doubt this kid is going to be very good.
Edit: I keep calling Rossi an "other asset" but he's very likely a 30-goal scorer in the next 2-3 years lol.