I don’t think Hanifin wants to go to a Canadian team from the reports this past summer. So he’d be a rental type and likely to bolt to UFA.The Flames are dead in the water... even if they don't say so just yet.
And they have a lot they need to shed before they lose um as UFAs.
Flame UFAs next summer. Lindholm, Hanafin, Zadorov and Tanev. Dude is a RFA. Wow. Their GM probably doesn't sleep much these days.
What a mess. If they lost even one of those guys as a self rental.. their GM is a moron. All four should bring back picks or prospects. I can't imagine any of them wanting to resign to what looks like a future S#*& show.
Hanafin for Beauvillier + 2024 1st + Flames choice of Podkolzin or Hoglander or Raty?
Flames can turn around and retain 50% on Beauvillier in hopes to get a mid rounder?
Weegar or maybe Andersson would be the target. Soucy and Cole definitely aren’t analytic darlings but they do pass the eye test in terms of defensive ability. The right side is the main concern as we have Freidman and Myers currently which is absolutely dreadful.
For Andersson, I’d give up 2024 1st, Beauvillier, Podkolzin, and any prospect not named Willander/D-Petey, and most likely another pick.