Proposal: Hanifin or Dubois

[HABitual Fan]

Assuming cost to obtain are the same, they are similar age, both agree to an 8 year extension and for around the same cap hit

Which of the two would you use the assets and cap commitment for 8 years on if you are looking to build a winning team?

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[Leon Lucius Black]

If Hanifin was a RHD I would choose him, however since he's a LHD I would go with PLD.

 

[MXD]

Probably Dubois. There's some upside left for Dubois (like, not crazy upside, but still some upside), and if I'm to pay a D-Man 8M, he should be at the very least one of the following : better than "barely adequate" on the powerplay, bring a physical two-way game, OR be a righty who can log on lost of minutes. Hanifin is none of these things. I guess he could make a good cover for a more offense-oriented RHS, but that would still not be the most efficient way of spending the cap, because that's very expensive for a #2-3 who's a LHS...

Hanifin at something like 6 or 6.5 playing on the second pair would be very good.

(Hanifin is also a weebit older and I suspect we're on his NTC, while we're one of the only teams who aren't on Dubois' unofficial NTC)

 

[Nico Cauzuki]

Last thing we need is another LD

 

[26Mats]

Assuming cost to obtain are the same, they are similar age, both agree to an 8 year extension and for around the same cap hit

Which of the two would you use the assets and cap commitment for 8 years on if you are looking to build a winning team?

We're stacked at LD and need big top 6 forwards. Just based on need it's Dubois.

Plus I think Dubois is better at what he does than Hanfin.

 

[habsterr]

Voted Dubois.

Hanifin would be my pick if he was a RHD.

 

[Skip Bayless]

Dubois, even if Hanifin was an RD.

 

[montreal]

not interested in either player

 

[26Mats]

not interested in either player

I think Dubois' value is down because of the red flags. He should cost less in the trade market and less in cap hit. I think he would sign for 8 years at less than the Suzuki cap hit. But I'm not sure how much it would take to get him out of Winnipeg.

I also think we could use him as a big body in our top six.

Having said that, is there a team out there that will pay a lot for him in spite of the red flags? Probably. But hopefully not and we could get him at a reasonable trade price and cap hit.

 

[Scintillating10]

Assuming cost to obtain are the same, they are similar age, both agree to an 8 year extension and for around the same cap hit

Which of the two would you use the assets and cap commitment for 8 years on if you are looking to build a winning team?

Kind of foolish question. We stacked on left D now

 

[Runner77]

Where’s the Keller option?

 

[WinterLion]

no no NO!!

 

[Ozmodiar]

Where’s the Keller option?

no no NO!!

The all-caps “NO” is for Keller.

 

[BaseballCoach]

Where’s the Keller option?

He's better than Dubois in my opinion, and signed for a reasonable hit. He might cost more to acquire, though.l

 

[Zam Boni]

If Hanifin was a RHD I would choose him, however since he's a LHD I would go with PLD.

The old RHD>PLD>LHD rule we all learned in school.

 

[Belial]

The old RHD>PLD>LHD rule we all learned in school.

You should share your expertise on the matter!

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Why would we want Hanifin? He's a LD!

 

[Habricot]

Probably Dubois. There's some upside left for Dubois (like, not crazy upside, but still some upside), and if I'm to pay a D-Man 8M, he should be at the very least one of the following : better than "barely adequate" on the powerplay, bring a physical two-way game, OR be a righty who can log on lost of minutes. Hanifin is none of these things. I guess he could make a good cover for a more offense-oriented RHS, but that would still not be the most efficient way of spending the cap, because that's very expensive for a #2-3 who's a LHS...

Hanifin at something like 6 or 6.5 playing on the second pair would be very good.

(Hanifin is also a weebit older and I suspect we're on his NTC, while we're one of the only teams who aren't on Dubois' unofficial NTC)

I do not think Hanifin is better the Mattheson and I think Ghule will end up better then these two in a very short time so I do not think there is a fit.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

Hanifin really isn't all that good, he's not much of an upgrade over the LDs we have. People here would turn on him pretty quick IMO.

 

[Harry Kakalovich]

This is just a trick to get another PLD thread...

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

If it's true Dubois wants to play here, it's probably also because of MSL, which lends me to re-think my stance and I now believe Dubois could work out in Montreal.

 

[StCaufield]

It’s laughable that the poll is so lopsided for a guy who wants 9 million a year. Sure I’d take Dubois if he wanted 6.5-7 but he’ll get more from another team so he can go there and underachieve even if he’s a point per game

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Awesome. Multiple threads for the draft and now for Dubois.

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

 

[TT1]

neither because Dubois wants too much money, if he's ok with getting 7.5M a year then Dubois