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Originally Posted by Saqe
I don't understand why it's so inconceivable to consider trading Hamilton.
If you can bring in a 60-70 point forward it will result in a net positive change in offense for a team that's starving for offense. And if someone thinks Hamilton should be kept for his defense then I don't know what to say. It's not like he's Chris Pronger back there.
Then you can put Brodie back with Gio, who can carry Brodie on his back if needed to.
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But the most glaring hole up front on this team is not on the top line, it is in the bottom-nine. I don't think the Flames need a 60–70 point forward as desperately as they need more players to produce 15–20 goals in lines 2 and 3 especially. This does not require the acquisition of a top-30 scorer.
The Flames would be much improved by adding a player who can drive a second scoring line. A secondary-offensive forward of this sort is the kind of player that they realistically could acquire by moving Brodie.