Looking back on the Flames-Canes blockbuster it has really been a win-win deal. The Canes have had their best 3 year stretch as a team in over a decade. Hamilton has been a great player as he was in Calgary.
I remember when the deal went down there were a few that said the best player from the deal could be Fox and considering he had a Norris nomination already those predictions were true however that didn’t happen in Carolina. 3 years later the Canes only have the 2 seconds they got for Fox and potentially an asset or two they get from a Hamilton sign and trade (or maybe they keep Dougie).
I still think this was one of the best moves of the Flames rebuild. The combination of players received and the contracts they signed have worked out extremely well for the Flames. Lindholm has been arguably the teams best player and Hanifin took a really big step this season on establishing himself as a top pairing Dman. Both with 3 years left on their deals tilts the long term success of this trade firmly in the Flames favor
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