LeBrun interview 1 on 1 with Brad Treliving

[Poison]

Originally Posted by madmike

Meh I really don’t want Hamonic back. I do hope they re-sign Brodie.

And i hope the complete opposite.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by 868904

Because Hall plus assets for Johnny > just Johnny

I understand the value component, but it still creates a reliance on a very similar player. The top line role is going to be effectively a wash, which is a more important need than simply increasing assets.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

The assets you could get for trading a player on an expiring contract that you don't intend to re-sign.

Every team has UFAs...you can't just throw away a season if you are a playoff team

I mean with hindsight there will only be one winner...so I guess every other team should have tanked/traded guys off

At some point the game should be about competing

[bax]

Originally Posted by nik-

I understand the value component, but it still creates a reliance on a very similar player. The top line role is going to be effectively a wash, which is a more important need than simply increasing assets.

Keep Johnny and sign Hall. We will have the flexibility to do it, load up the team, don’t subtract from it.

[Fire]

Originally Posted by 868904

Because Hall plus assets for Johnny > just Johnny

People keep forgetting cap hits when considering scenarios like this.

[Poison]

Originally Posted by bax

Keep Johnny and sign Hall. We will have the flexibility to do it, load up the team, don’t subtract from it.

If we wanna be similar to the Leafs; Lots of firepower, very sketchy D.

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Every team has UFAs...you can't just throw away a season if you are a playoff team

I mean with hindsight there will only be one winner...so I guess every other team should have tanked/traded guys off

At some point the game should be about competing

Why is trading Hamonic tantamount to throwing away the season?

[Calgary4LIfe]

I don't want Hamonic to be traded for a package of futures - I want Hamonic traded as part of a hockey trade. Get some top 6 help. Maybe that does entail flipping him for futures, and then flipping those futures somewhere else. However, if it is just about collecting futures at this point, then I would prefer Hamonic be kept around.


As for trading Gaudreau and signing Hall - I get the logic behind it. What I would prefer is keeping this core and ADDING to it. Not just replacing parts and pieces and hoping for chemistry. If the team wants to sign Hall, I would prefer they retain Gaudreau and create an elite top 6, or top 9. Not ideal to move a LHS winger to the right, but the point is you try and retain as much elite talent as possible, and fill up the roster with cost-effective decent players, preferably on their first or second contracts, with the odd experienced vet sprinkled-in.


This isn't necessarily for Hall - I don't particularly even love the idea of signing him in the off-season. I just think that adding elite talent doesn't mean you should move on from elite talent. You want to keep as much of your elite talent as possible IMO.

[BigRed]

Typical nothingburger intvu from Treliving. I appreciate he doesn’t want to show his hand but I think he could have been a little more vocal about the Kassian debacle. Imagine if that was Burke when he was With the Flames. He’d practically be challenging Kassian to a fight himself.


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