Eklund Rumor: TOR and VAN in a dogfight for Hanifin

[ottomaddox]

http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Eklu...Domi-and-the-Jets-Hanifin-JvR-Klefbom/1/93077

Which team is willing to give up more assets?

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[Ziggdiezan]

http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Eklu...Domi-and-the-Jets-Hanifin-JvR-Klefbom/1/93077

Which team is willing to give up more assets?

Don't see Hanifin as a great fit for Toronto. I'd only target Hanifin if you could get him for cheap.

 

[SnarkAttack]

Two teams lose draft picks due to dogfighting.

E5

 

[BB88]

Don't see Hanifin as a great fit for Toronto. I'd only target Hanifin if you could get him for cheap.

Which with a young D-man like Hanifin should be basically impossible.

 

[Mackiaveli]

[mod]

There is so much wrong with just that one article

He is basically proposing that the Blackhawks are going to send Crawford to the Island, and flip Toews for Schneider+.

The Islanders want to trade for a goalie who has vertigo-like symptoms? What do they realistically move?

Toews to NJD would make sense as it gives them a 1-2, but if they lose Schneider their goaltending becomes weak, and they have a LOT of cap tied up in Toews --- so that is where it stops making sense to me.

"It is possible I am told that JvR stays and Phil Kessel is moved on" --- wait what? The likelihood of JVR resigning is minimal, and why would Pittsburgh trade Phil Kessel with the cap hit he carries?

"I am told the Winnipeg Jets are Hot and Heavy for Domi and I just found out they tried to grab Max at the deadline. The Sabres have also expressed some interest.." No shit people are asking about Max Domi, but I highly doubt Winnipeg buys in --- the pieces Arizona would want back are all just better pieces than Domi, and Buffalo does make sense but so do many other teams

"The Oilers are having "high level discussions" regarding Klefbom and the Anaheim Ducks...no word on any possible return yet..." Yeah because the Ducks of ALL TEAMS want to trade for a left-handed D-Man ... lmfao

The Hanifin (so to OP) shit is the best.

Why would Toronto bid an arm and a leg for a LD, when they already have Morgan. Don't get me wrong, Hanifin is great and I'm sure the Leafs would love to have him, but their most pressing need is on the opposite side of the ice. Vancouver absolutely makes sense, but if Hanifin was really up for sale, the Habs would be all over it as well --- they need an LD more than any other team in the league, and his value in the bleu blanc et rouge would skyrocket, because he would get to be mentored by Shea Weber, and he would join a young(ish) core of Drouin/Galchenyuk/Zadina/Mete/Juulsen/Gallagher

 

[Ziggdiezan]

Which with a young D-man like Hanifin should be basically impossible.

That could be very true but that's the only way I see Toronto having interest.

 

[Martin Skoula]

Eklund read my mind, watching game 7 all I could think was "this team needs more soft skating LHD".

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

That could be very true but that's the only way I see Toronto having interest.

If Hanifin was available cheap for some crazy reason there would be a hell of a lot more than two teams “in a dogfight” for him.

 

[M2Beezy]

Wouldnt offer more then Baertchi, 2019 3rd, Nielsson and Cassells

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

Wouldnt offer more then Baertchi, 2019 3rd, Nielsson and Cassells

Probably a good thing you’re not the Canucks gm then because you’d offend all the other gms with lowball offers like that to the point they wouldn’t speak to you.

 

[Ziggdiezan]

If Hanifin was available cheap for some crazy reason there would be a hell of a lot more than two teams “in a dogfight” for him.

Cheap is a relative term I suppose but ya that doesn't effect Toronto only being interested in Hanifin if he is sold for cheaper than what he is probably worth.

 

[Mackiaveli]

being interested in Hanifin if he is sold for cheaper than what he is probably worth.

Well, he is at the most worth Nylander 1:1.

As a neutral middle-party, I would likely say something around Hanifin + Faulk for Toronto's 2018 1st, 2019 2nd, Kasperi Kapanen and Liljegren.

 

[HOPE]

Eklund read my mind, watching game 7 all I could think was "this team needs more soft skating LHD".

is hanifin that soft?

 

[Brock Anton]

Well, he is at the most worth Nylander 1:1.

As a neutral middle-party, I would likely say something around Hanifin + Faulk for Toronto's 2018 1st, 2019 2nd, Kasperi Kapanen and Liljegren.

How does that do anything for Carolina? Two top 4 defensemen for ... futures?

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

Well, he is at the most worth Nylander 1:1.

As a neutral middle-party, I would likely say something around Hanifin + Faulk for Toronto's 2018 1st, 2019 2nd, Kasperi Kapanen and Liljegren.

Carolina is not rebuilding and selling off our good, young players for picks and prospects.

I’m not sure why so many people offer these kinds of returns. Not every team out of the playoffs needs to be blown up.

 

[Cogburn]

When he threw crap at the wall to see what stuck, that was one thing. Not a great thing, but something.. Now he's ripping off someone else's lazy, impossible rumour? Swell.

 

[82Ninety42011]

Canucks are in no position to trade assets for Hanifin we could possibly draft a good as or even better prospect at 7OA this draft.

 

[GoldiFox]

If Hanifin was available cheap for some crazy reason there would be a hell of a lot more than two teams “in a dogfight” for him.

Clearly Eklund means “dogfight” as in Toronto and Vancouver are the only two mangy muts left fighting over a scrap of rotting meat. Obviously both teams would only be interested for a pennies-on-the-dollar move.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Canucks are in no position to trade assets for Hanifin we could possibly draft a good as or even better prospect at 7OA this draft.

And the canes don’t need to trade an nhl defenseman for a lottery ticket that might never play an NHL game.

 

[Disappointed EP40]

Wouldnt offer more then Baertchi, 2019 3rd, Nielsson and Cassells

A bag of garbage. A bunch of cast off nonsense is not a proposal and you discredit yourself suggesting it; even if it’s to illuminate you aren’t big on Hanifin.

 

[82Ninety42011]

And the canes don’t need to trade an nhl defenseman for a lottery ticket that might never play an NHL game.

I agree however I'm assuming the Canes would want more then just the 7th pick thats why they would ever entertain the deal. However even without adding the Canucks should not even consider trading the pick as they need young talent and Hanifin will be looking at a big contract soon. I'd rather have a player with more control in the pick and as much potential. Not knocking Hanifin he's a great player but were not in position to be giving up assets we need as many players with potential as possible we have too many holes as of now.

 

[biturbo19]

It's official. Eklund and Friedman have become one and the same.

 

[82Ninety42011]

Been awhile but Eklund always brings a laugh. Pretty sure Leafs have been hot and heavy for a RHD not a left this guy is solid gold for entertainment. Canucks are in no position to be bidding for a player with so many holes we'll pass.

 

[Elias Pettersson]

Noah Hanifin NCAA draft year: 37GP 5G 18A 23P

Quinn Hughes NCAA draft year: 37GP 5G 24A 29P

No thanks I'd rather have Hughes than to give up 7th + something else for Hanifin

 

[Brock Anton]

Noah Hanifin NCAA draft year: 37GP 5G 18A 23P

Quinn Hughes NCAA draft year: 37GP 5G 24A 29P

No thanks I'd rather have Hughes than to give up 7th + something else for Hanifin

Hanifin was 17 when he enrolled at BC. Hughes had a full year more development his freshman year.