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- May 15, 2012
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I don't think blowing our load on Hamonic at that price was good, the D was not the problem, when Michael Stone came over from the Coyotes, he had stabilized the D. The assets that were used on Hamonic, should have been used to acquire a top 6 Forward(preferably a RW) and a way to keep Deryk Engelland should have been made because I don't think the Hamonic trade has made us any better defensively, we are at 0 in the goal +/- category.
IF you can't see how much better this team is with Hammer/Stone/Kulak in instead of Engelland/Bartkowski/Stone there's not much anyone can do to help you.
I also don't think at the cost of a first Hammer was a good value move, but, he's been ridiculously solid for us and has been one of our best defensive Dmen all season. I personally would have been fine keeping the first, promoting Rasmus, and getting Stone.
I don't like trading picks when we're still a ways away from being a legitimate contender. I honestly don't see a way Calgary can easily turn over too easy at this point either outside of landing a Tavares on the offseason. We're still one big piece up front away.