Confirmed Trade: [CGY/CAR] Noah Hanifin and Elias Lindholm for Dougie Hamilton, Michael Ferland, and Adam Fox

[YMCMBYOLO]

i didnt say he was, i was telling him what the RUMOR was.

Yes and I was referencing the rumour. But spreading the rumour around will eventually make it truth, especially since we will not get any extra information on the situation.

 

[Skin Tape Session]

I’ve been as big a supporter of Hanifin as there is, and I was around as a Whaler fan when they traded Pronger and know how painful it can be to give up a young d.

After watching him play, I’m not remotely seeing a Norris potential guy. It’s not just that he’s really struggling to follow the play in his own end, he isn’t poised with the puck as you would expect and his **** has been fairly non existent. He skates like the wind but he’s always been reminiscent of J-bo or Hedican. The skating can get him into all sorts of great positions but he doesn’t seem to make the big play in those moments.

I’m not surprised we gave up on him and traded him while the expectations are still high. As fans I don’t think we’re expecting Hanifin to reach the heights we expected in the beginning. I hope he does, honestly.

His defensive play is really rough. He doesn’t see where he’s supposed to be in the zone. Guys get behind him and get position very easily, and it isn’t a hustle thing. It may be a hickey iq thing.

hes what 20?

 

[Skin Tape Session]

Yes and I was referencing the rumour. But spreading the rumour around will eventually make it truth, especially since we will not get any extra information on the situation.

meh, rumor works for me...hes a bird

 

[Svechhammer]

Reading the expectations for Lindy and Hanifin the last couple pages, some of you are going to be more than a little disappointed in their play the coming years.

 

[McFlyingV]

hes what 20?

21. He'll be 22 in January.

 

[YMCMBYOLO]

meh, rumor works for me...hes a bird

Okay, so your original quote to me is moot then.

Nice self-dunk.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

I like that everyone seems to hate this trade, myself included.

Ba la ba ba ba I'm loving it

 

[Fig]

Ba la ba ba ba I'm loving it

I'm surprised you didn't go with #Lindsanity.

 

[tarheelhockey]

imo you dont trade guys with that potential unless they are bastards. Hanifin has Hedman potential.

Hanifin’s biggest negative is that people are still pegging him as a future Hedman. He’s going to deal with unrealistic expectations till he’s 25.

 

[SaskCanesFan]

No, Waddell is trying to make this not about money when it clearly is, it's well known the Canes can't afford to keep their top players, which is why they are a candidate to be moved.

The Canes billionaire owner can't afford to keep players. That's billion with a B. And they're a candidate to be moved when there was literally a clause in the sale saying they can't be? What a load of horseshit

 

[Turin]

Calgary didn’t seem to have a huge issue with Hamilton’s nerdiness affecting them before Mike Smith got hurt.

 

[Ole Gil]

Everyone in the Boston locker room hated Hamilton, now talk was that he wasn't liked in the Calgary locker room either. Pretty obvious persistence that he is a bad teammate. Doesn't matter how good a player he is if his team doesn't like him.

Calgary wins by default.

I also see Canadian media trashing the trade saying Hanifin will never be as good as Hamilton. It's impressive how often Canadian hockey media is able to tell the future

Not fitting in with that Boston team seems like a positive. Do you want someone who gets along with Lucic and Marchand?

 

[Lunatik]

Calgary didn’t seem to have a huge issue with Hamilton’s nerdiness affecting them before Mike Smith got hurt.

A reliable Flames insider came out and said that the Flames have been trying to move Hamilton for almost two years.

 

[Kingsfan1]

Calgary won this trade now and in the long run. Sure Hamilton is the best player right now but just wait . Calgary just got a whole lot better

 

[go comets]

Calgary won this trade now and in the long run. Sure Hamilton is the best player right now but just wait . Calgary just got a whole lot better

Calgary got a whole lot better by trading a top pair defensman, and a solid winger for 2 underperforming players on a team that has never made the playoffs in either players career???

 

[613Leafer]

Just turned 25, a 6'6 RHD who's had 40+ points for four straight seasons. He's the archetype of player that is very very hard to find, that teams love to build around, young, signed to a good contract, etc - and he's now been moved by two teams.

I'd be very curious to hear an uncensored description of what Hamilton is like as a person.

 

[DFF]

Calgary got a whole lot better by trading a top pair defensman, and a solid winger for 2 underperforming players on a team that has never made the playoffs in either players career???

Yes. Hamilton and ferland didn't help them make the playoffs

Next question

 

[DFF]

I definitely agree with this, and I like the Jay-bo comparison. I think Hanifin can be a top pairing D, but I have always questioned what people see in him beyond his skating (which is absolutely elite). There's just no part of his game besides his skating that screams elite or even near elite for me.

Basically he has the same ceiling as Hamilton. Top pairing dman. Both have some issue but hanifin is much younger. Winning.

 

[go comets]

Yes. Hamilton and ferland didn't help them make the playoffs

Next question

Apparently your memory does not go back further than one season of hockey.....

 

[Deen]

meh, rumor works for me...hes a bird

Huh?

 

[DFF]

Apparently your memory does not go back further than one season of hockey.....

So you are a flames expert now?
Bt felt the flames have attitude issue. He needs to improve it by trading Hamilton. Ferland was a passenger on the top line . He is about to become a ufa. They don't want to pay him
That's good enough for me
They got 2 young players that are already good and still have some potential

Only haters would have problem with the deal

 

[Tkachuky]

Ferland is not a top 6 player people.... Jesus... the flames RW depth was so bad that they stuck him on the top line and he got hot for 15 games or so....

He is 3rd liner with very little growth potential.

I really liked him and he was liked by most Flames fans too. I really don’t think the Flames will see any significant impact without him in the lineup.

 

[CgyFlamesftw]

Ferland is not a top 6 player people.... Jesus... the flames RW depth was so ba stray they stuck him on the top line and he got hot for 15 games or so....

He is 3rd liner with very little growth potential.

I really liked him and he was liked by most Flames fans too. I really don’t think the Flames will see any significant impact without him in the lineup.

This. Playing with gaudreau would inflate his stats.

 

[Harry Kakalovich]

What with the way you have to pay young RFAs it will be more common to trade them now than before. I think the Canes would have kept Lindholm if they could have signed him to a deal they liked.

I don't know either of the Canes players very well. Is Lindholm a center? Seems like a bit of a strange trade except that Calgary had to give up some D-depth for some forwards, which I think they do here.

 

[OakCity]

So you dont think they slide Faulk over and run a Slavin-Hamilton Faulk-Pesce top 4?

I know the rumors have been out there about Faulk, I just didnt know if the trade adds to the fire or if it gives Carolina another offensive blueliner to help put up points.

I'd keep Pesce and Slavin together on the first pairing. You need them to stop other top lines, and they have proven up to the challenge.