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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Maybe it comes down to the Flames thinking it will be easier to get Hall signed long term than it was last year when they could have been vulnerable to a Tkachuk offer sheet and had to get Rittich, Bennett etc signed as well. This summer is basically Anderson and deciding on Brodie/Hamomic.
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You can’t possibly picture a scenario in the future where the Flames have a 7 million dollar underperforming Hall and Valimaki is on a path to being NJ’s #1 defenseman? I can, and I think it would be the most likely outcome. That’s nauseating to think about.
So Valimaki is a hard no. Especially for Hall. His injury hasn’t done anything significant to his trade value. He’s still young with great pedigree and a super high ceiling. Trading him would be incredibly short sighted. Not even with considering Giordano will retire, Brodie and Hamonic may be gone, and Kylington is still a question mark. We need him more than we need someone like Hall.