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Originally Posted by Jaydee
I would trade dougie to get him
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Originally Posted by jayswin
I would do Hamilton for him and that probably woudn't be enough. Teams would be asking for Monahan or Gaudreau....or even Tkachuk. At least a Tkachuk for Tkachuk trade would take the Peter Griffen meme to new heights.
A Tkachuk's a Tkachuk, but a Tkahuck could be anything, even a Tkachuk.
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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Dougie for the Brady pick would be tempting. He would be he only core player I would trade to get him that has the value.
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Originally Posted by rooster
Please trade Bouwmeester 2.0 and throw in Hamonic or almost whoever the hell u need too to get Brady if possible. Brody should be playing with Gio and then Hamilton's weakness's would really show up. Everyone who plays with Gio has had fantastic seasons. The Tkachuks have Beast Mode in their souls.
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Originally Posted by 1991 Canadian
I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not, but I wouldn't actually be opposed to this.
There are some nights where Dougie's play terrifies me. I'm actually somewhat amazed his advanced stats / traditional stats are as good as they are. Every thing about him is coveted in a dman. He has great possession numbers. He's 6'5". Good shot. Good skater. Puts up points. Yet I feel like he responsible for more icings and giveaways than anyone else on the team. If he faced with even a bit of pressure, he's almost guaranteed to give the puck away. He gets caught out of position frequently and takes far too many stick infraction penalties.
It doesn't necessarily have to be a 1st round pick to draft the other Tkachuk, but I think Hamilton is a very valuable trade piece for the Flames.
Replace Andersson with Hamilton and you have another $5 million in cap space to play with. Hamilton is a better player than Andersson, but I think there is enough talent on the blueline to stomach this. Gio elevates the play of whoever he is playing with.
If you trade Hamilton for a potential high impact player like Brady Tkachuk on his ELC, you have a lot of quality in your lineup with cap room to spare.
I don't know why one of the basement feeder teams would make this deal, but Treliving has more wins than losses in the trade department. Much like the Flames trading for Hamilton in the first place, there is some value in trading for a known commodity instead of the mystery box that is a draft pick. Maybe Buffalo with their awful draft record would rather have a known player in Hamilton. They seem pretty desperate for dmen. Maybe Arizona gets infatuated with Hamilton's advanced stats and wants him.
Who knows. You might be joking about trading Hamilton, but there might be a deal out there that makes sense for the Flames.
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Originally Posted by lazypucker
Should trade Dougie to Arizona for 1st overall pick and to reunite the brothers...
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Originally Posted by DJones
Dougie would be the only one that would make sense.
Not sure if it would be smart but I don't know if I would be mad haha
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Dougie just scored back to back game winning goals late in the 3rd or OT to put this team back into playoff contention.
Yes, he had a slow start this year, and some criticism was warranted, but he's probably only slightly less valuable than Gaudreau and Monahan going forward because he will be the anchor of the top pair once Giordano is gone (who knows when that will happen, but Gio's not going to play forever).
We also paid a 1st round pick and 2 2nd round picks to acquire him. Trading him straight up for a 1st round pick (even if it is a high one) while he's in his prime as a known asset of being a top pairing defenseman with good underlying numbers, good skills, and the ability to play a strong 2-way game...well that's not great asset management in my opinion.
Let's stop trading away core pieces of this team just as they're entering the stage where they're going to have a real chance at competing for the cup.
Brady Tkachuk...nice player, but not worth giving up a major core asset like Hamilton, or anyone else that you would have to give up in order to get a high pick. Let another team take him and slowly build their roster around him. Our time is now and in the very near future.
