Lunatik
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Since the Coyotes have been mentioned since the draft, and Chayka likes to be the smartest guy in the room, I think it was him.
Player Discussion Dougie Hamilton
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Lunatik
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The consensus is not Edmonton, their leaks have gone down considerably since Chiarelli took over and Chia is someone Burke has dealt with several time in the past without issue. It's pretty clearly Chayka.
No doubt, but Hamilton is a top pairing RHD. Who's big. And young. And locked up long term.
AKA basically the most coveted positional asset. Requires a major return too.
Both Arizona and Pittsburgh were rumored to be interested in Hamilton earlier in the season. So I wouldn't put it past either to have been the source of the leak; Chyaka for his inexperience and Rutherford because of his ridiculous ask for Fleury at the draft (6th overall) and Burke's statement that the offer was insulting.
And Hamilton is not going anywhere. But especially not for the Leafs spare parts, assorted junk or overrated and overhyped complementary pieces.
It is kind of funny though to see the similarities between Oilers fans about six, seven years ago and the Leafs fans now. Penner, Nilsson, Gagner, Paarjarvi, Shremp, Cogliano, Eberle, Hopkins - all of them were at one point, supposed to return a top pairing defenceman. Good times.
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Adam Larsson is a top pairing defenseman, don't kid yourself, he is very underrated.At one point Hall was supposed to return a top pairing defenseman
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He's good on the defensive side of things but doesn't produce like a true top pairing d-man should in today's NHL - not just stat-watching, if you're gonna have your guy play 25 minutes a night he needs to put up points. I like his game but he hasn't panned out anywhere near to his draft expectation. IMO he's a depth guy on a team that is not the Oilers.
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He's similar to Tanev. I'd have Chris Tanev on my top pairing any day of the week.
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Agreed, Tanev is extremely underrated and I'd love to pair him with Brodie
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Our team would be a mess. WITH Hamilton beastin' we still have defensive troubles with the bottom 3. The second and third pairs would just be a fire drill.
I think Burkie is teaching the young man a lesson.
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While I don't think Tanev is an ideal first pair guy, he and Brodie would be absolutely airtight.
Just musing here but wonder what it would take to get him? Gio-Dougie and Brodie-Tanev as a top four would be kickass.
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Mention Wotherspoon and you'd get ol' Weisbrod's heart racing.
It's too bad we dumped Sieloff; could have likely had Tanev AND a second rounder
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They're saying an Eastern team made a significant offer, but it seems pretty obvious the low-ball offer was from Arizona
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