OvermanKingGainer
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So, assuming we don't lose Fox, losing Andersson wouldn't be as big of a hit? (Though obviously keeping both would be better)
Losing either will be a big hit. In 2020 with Hamonic and Stone gone, our top 6 should be looking something like
Brodie-Fox
Kylington-Hamilton
Giordano-Andersson
So these six guys above can't be offered up in trade. Also can't forget that 2020 will be two years removed from the end of Giordano's contract, so I also wouldn't offer Kulak or Valimaki at this point. Basically these eight defensemen are going to be part of a gradual transition as Giordano ages. They're not "untouchable" but you have to be getting a significant long term piece in return. So for example I would offer Kylington/Valimaki for a guy like Sam Reinhart or Alex Nylander - young, similarly aged players with similar upside who might fill a need better.
For an expendable piece like Evander Kane, you offer an expendable piece like Mike Stone or Michael Frolik. You don't offer a long term piece. Looking at our current top 9+Hathaway, you could legitimatley end up in a scenario where Kane finds chemistry with none of our top player pairs (Bennett/Jankowski / Gaudreau/Monahan / Tkachuk/Backlund). Then you end up with Kane-Stajan-Brouwer as your fourth line. WHich isn't the end of the world, Kane's a good piece and if he's on your fourth line you're a good team. But what are you willing to pay for that? I wouldn't be paying anything I want on the NHL Flames in 2020.
Kane may be a goal scorer but that doesn't mean he for-sure upgrades any of our three scoring lines. He doesn't have the same hockey sense as Ferland. He doesn't have the same insta-chemistry ability Frolik has. He doesn't have Jagr's elite top-end skill. So you have to be very measured in what you give up for him - he's a big name but not a big talent.
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