Confirmed Trade: [NYI/CGY] Travis Hamonic, 4th round pick for 1st round pick, 2 2nds

[Flames Fanatic]

Has he been fantastic? No. Has he been awful? No. Ups and downs so far. Calgarys overall differential is pretty poor due to some blowout games against.

 

[boredmale]

Yep, he's been playing as bad as his stat line. Not sure if he just can't adjust to the new team, or if his play has dropped off due to injury, but he gets beaten often, and tends to leave a lot of open ice when opponents are entering the zone.

Their definitely seemed to be something off about Hamonic last year(compared to previous years) for the Islanders. Most of us assumed it was a combination of injuries and off ice issues(wanting to be traded to be closer to home).

If he is still playing bad we can rule out the family issues thing

 

[Keep Sorokin Me Babe]

The Islanders are just winning trades left and right with Alberta

 

[FourRings]

Really pulling for Hamonic. He's one of the great people in the NHL.

 

[PinkFly]

Garth Snow looks like a genius. Reinhart, Strome and Harmonic for Eberle, Barzal +, 1st and 2 2nds.

Eberle alone is worth more than what he gave up in the above.

 

[Critical13]

Garth Snow looks like a genius. Reinhart, Strome and Harmonic for Eberle, Barzal +, 1st and 2 2nds.

Eberle alone is worth more than what he gave up in the above.

That is very impressive

 

[Ashasx]

Took Dougie Hamilton until around Christmas to learn the system in Calgary for his first season, not sure why Hamonic isn't expected to do the same

I guess the difference is that Hamilton's underlying numbers were always good, even if his stat line wasn't showing it early on in Calgary.

In contrast, Hamonic's underlying numbers are absolutely putrid and at this point, I guess we are fortunate his cap hit isn't huge.

 

[zeke]

hamonic seems to have been literally addition by subtraction for the Isles. they are better without him.

hamonic might just stink.

 

[Nick Hansen]

Garth Snow looks like a genius. Reinhart, Strome and Harmonic for Eberle, Barzal +, 1st and 2 2nds.

Eberle alone is worth more than what he gave up in the above.

Snow is weird that way, he pulls off some very good stuff and then does something really bad. Vanek was a mess, and the Ladd signing seems to have been a mistake. Overall not close to as bad as the rep he gets sometimes.

 

[oXo Cube]

Garth Snow looks like a genius. Reinhart, Strome and Harmonic for Eberle, Barzal +, 1st and 2 2nds.

Eberle alone is worth more than what he gave up in the above.

What.

Eberle was never worth Travis Hamonic, quite clearly. If he was, that trade would have happened 2 years ago. Eberle for Hamonic + Strome would have been an Oilers fan wet dream.

He wrecked us pretty good in the Reinhart deal though.

 

[DJJones]

Still haven't made up my mind about Hamonic yet. He's been fine he's just not covering for Brodie the way we all imagined.

I want Hamonic and Stone to switch. For whatever reason Brodie seems to play better with Stone. Hamonic/Kulak could be an excellent 3rd pairing. I think his numbers would actually approve.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Garth Snow looks like a genius. Reinhart, Strome and Harmonic for Eberle, Barzal +, 1st and 2 2nds.

Eberle alone is worth more than what he gave up in the above.

Eberle was invisible in the playoffs last year.

 

[SmellOfVictory]

Their definitely seemed to be something off about Hamonic last year(compared to previous years) for the Islanders. Most of us assumed it was a combination of injuries and off ice issues(wanting to be traded to be closer to home).

If he is still playing bad we can rule out the family issues thing

Maybe not, if the family issues are still ongoing. Emotional stress can really wreak havoc on someone; I don't care if they're a pro athlete or not, I wouldn't begrudge someone for having issues with performance (particularly in a high intensity environment like hockey) if they're experiencing a lot of emotional family-related stress.

 

[Tkachuk Norris]

There have been games where we completely dominate the puck. And other games where we just seem lost. Such a weird season. Weird team.

The potential is there to be a juggernaut, we just haven’t got it all going yet.

TJ and Travis will be a good second pairing. They just need a little more focus and confidence.

 

[Jyrki Lumme]

Hamonic was never going to be worth what he returned. Sure am glad the Leafs missed out on him.

 

[thedonger]

I think this is one of the rare trades where most of us Isles fans wouldn't necessarily be ecstatic about "winning" due to Hammer's poor play. He was and still is beloved by than fan base and we all wish the best for him. At least this isles fan hopes he finds his game again.

 

[SB84]

He will figure it out. Luckily the team is doing well so there isn't as much pressure or attention on his lacklustre play. At this point I think they need to drop him to the 3rd pair because Brodie and Stone have looked really good when put together. Kulak is no slouch, I can see them making a good pairing too.

 

[seafoam]

He can be better than he has been.

I suspect that he'll return to form next year, and by form I mean capable of being a 3D, but probably a better fit as a 4D.

The reason I say that is because it took Andrew Ladd an entire full season to look like the player we thought he could be.

 

[Brock Radunske]

Garth Snow looks like a genius. Reinhart, Strome and Harmonic for Eberle, Barzal +, 1st and 2 2nds.

Eberle alone is worth more than what he gave up in the above.

His trades have been great but don't forget that he used pick number 5 and pick number 4 for strome and Reinhart respectively

 

[Foppberg]

Islanders got a very nice futures package for him. Alberta should blacklist Snows number.

 

[SLAPSHOT723]

His trades have been great but don't forget that he used pick number 5 and pick number 4for strome and Reinhart respectively

Exactly. He made up for the mistakes, but they were still mistakes.

 

[GeeoffBrown]

Hamonic is a player I don't notice one way or another.

 

[madmike77]

Brodie has looked better with Stone overall. At this point I think the Flames would be better with Hamonic on the 3rd pairing. Although the issue could also be Brodie. He has looked lost defensively this year.

Overall the 1st pairing from the Flames has been excellent. The 3rd pairing when Kulak plays has been very good. The 2nd pairing with Brodie/Hamonic has been pretty awful.

 

[McNuge]

His trades have been great but don't forget that he used pick number 5 and pick number 4for strome and Reinhart respectively

You can add Dal Colle to that list as well.

 

[Tkachuky]

Hamonic was never going to be worth what he returned. Sure am glad the Leafs missed out on him.

20 Games into the season... strong assessment.