Carolina may still feel that they did fine in the trade too, btw. If Lindholm was a lacklustre forward there and Hanifin a guy they didn't have a huge need/fit for (no idea, just spitballing) then they may not see it as a huge loss.
We've certainly seen guys leave this team and we shrug and say "Okay, see ya." and they go on to success (Chiasson in Edmonton for example) and we don't freak out about that. It's different if you trade Gilmour for a bag of chips, or Phaneuf for a bunch of junk, but the fact that Lindholm and Hanifin have fit here doesn't mean they would have been great in Carolina - they may have not wanted to stay in Carolina, so having Hamilton under contract for a few years might be well worth the thing for the 'canes.
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