Friedman: Noah Hanifin could be traded this offseason

[caley]

18. One name to watch this off-season: Carolina's Noah Hanifin. He played at least 20 minutes in 10 of the Hurricanes' last 11 games (And came in at 19:58 in the other). I think Carolina would consider moving him if - and only if - an impact offensive forward was coming to Raleigh. So, don't come at them with weak sauce. They are one of the few teams that would even consider this, because they have blue-line depth. But Hanifin has a long, prosperous career ahead of him, and they will not trade him for the sake of it.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/30-thoughts-canucks-coach-criteria-good-news-green/

Click to read more...

 

[Lebowski]

Duchene rumors intensify.

 

[Patrik Barkov]

Chevy work some magic here please.

 

[Montecristo]

Krejci + vatrano?

 

[SI90]

Would stupid on the canes part.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Krejci + vatrano?

You missed the "don't come at them with weak sauce" part and the "if an impact forward is coming back" part from Friedman.

 

[Gabrielor]

Buffalo should be in on this I'd expect, and our GM loves to pay a premium...

 

[jvirk]

Reinhart for Hanifin

Although I'd rather we fire our coach and finally play reinhart at C where he would actually thrive.
Then I'd rather trade Kane + 2017 1st (6th overall) + whatever....but if I recall correctly don't they need top 6 centerman? Or is it just high impact forwards in general? If it's centerman then it has to involve reinhart

 

[CanuckGame39]

Why would the Canes do this? The kids played 2 whole seasons and has all the potential in the world.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

Krejci + vatrano?

For a 30 year old making $7.25 million for another 4 years, Why would Ron Francis even entertain trading for Krejci.

 

[Makar Goes Fast]

this screams duchene

 

[Butchered]

TB needs to be involved.

 

[McSpecial DraiBlend]

Goodbye Ebs.....lol.
Honestly will be interesting if anything comes of this.
Canes fans. What is his offensive upside in your opinions?

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Why would the Canes do this? The kids played 2 whole seasons and has all the potential in the world.

It doesn't say the Canes would do it. Friedman is speculating that they might move him "IF AND ONLY IF" an impact, offensive forward is coming back and they "won't trade him for the sake of trading him".

Any GM would look at all options to improve his team.

 

[CanuckGame39]

Goodbye Ebs.....lol.
Honestly will be interesting if anything comes of this.
Canes fans. What is his offensive upside in your opinions?

You actually think Eberle is worth Hanifin? Wow.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Duchene for Hanifin

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

this screams duchene

Pretty much my thinking as well, Francis probably wants Duchene and Sakic wants Hanifin win win for both GMs.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

this screams duchene

This has been hashed, re-hashed, hashed again, and re-hashed again.

Duchene, IMO, would be perfect if it weren't for the term on his contract. Yeah, I get Avs fans will say "that's not a big deal", but Friedman also said at the deadline that he thought Duchene would be a Hurricane right now if it wasn't for his contract term.

 

[Montecristo]

You missed the "don't come at them with weak sauce" part and the "if an impact forward is coming back" part from Friedman.

Impact *offensive* forward. I guess technically spooner fits that bill better but I figured krejci was a better player for Carolina. He scored 54 points this year. I don't know who else fits the bill from Boston as fair compensation for hanifin. Vatrano isn't a bad add in either

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

You actually think Eberle is worth Hanifin? Wow.

I'm pretty sure he was joking?

 

[seafoam]

Needs to be someone under definite team control for longer than two years (i.e.) not Duchene in my opinion.

Would think MacKinnon is off the table, maybe Winnipeg or Buffalo is willing to move a young forward?

 

[Reddawg]

Hanifin is one of the few commodities out there that I'd be fine with trading Reinhart for. We desperately need a high-quality top pairing LHD.

 

[DaveG]

Goodbye Ebs.....lol.
Honestly will be interesting if anything comes of this.
Canes fans. What is his offensive upside in your opinions?

His upside is through the roof, the only real weakness he has is his shot is a bit of a muffin. He's basically developing on a similar track to what Hedman did.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

Goodbye Ebs.....lol.
Honestly will be interesting if anything comes of this.
Canes fans. What is his offensive upside in your opinions?

Who else is Edmonton going to add to get Hanifin? Because Eberle alone isn't even close.

 

[CanuckGame39]

Impact *offensive* forward. I guess technically spooner fits that bill better but I figured krejci was a better player for Carolina. He scored 54 points this year. I don't know who else fits the bill from Boston as fair compensation for hanifin. Vatrano isn't a bad add in either

Think Pastrnak. The Canes wouldn't want Krejci