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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Nobody thinks this is a good idea UNLESS it makes the team better because the following ends up being true:
Hamonic/Stone/Andersson/Fox + Forward acquired from trading Dougie > Hamilton/Hamonic/Stone/Andersson/Fox + NO forward acquired from trading Dougie
If it makes the team better, do it. If it doesn't then don't.
Simple as that IMO.
If you believe the loss of Dougie can't be overcome by an upgrade at forward and the rest of the RHD taking bigger roles, that's fine and entirely possible.
And just to be clear, I am NOT saying the Flames should be exploring something like this right now. Next off season would be the time to explore this and ONLY if Andersson looks undeniably ready to go and if Fox has another huge college season and signs a pro contract when it's completed. And even then only if it makes the team better.
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I'm not saying that's entirely possible, I'm saying that (in shipping out a 24 year old top pairing potential #1 D) it's the most likely scenario.
Again, it's fine for discussion sake, but there seems to be outright outrage on the previous page that people are questioning the notion of trading Hamilton.
I think there's good reason to suggest it's not a wise move.