Kadri and Gardiner for Hamilton and Backlund?
Well they do play them on Wednesday.
Kapanen would not be a center piece for Hamilton. They'd need one of our roster players
Soshnikov
Comparing the young core this season.
Calgary:
Sean Monahan: 25 games, 8 points, -10
Johnny Gaudreau: 17 games, 11 points, -10
Sam Bennett: 23 games, 11 points, -2
Doug Hamilton: 23 games, 10 points, -3
Total: 88 games, 40 points, -25
Toronto:
Auston Matthews: 21 games, 17 points, -1
Mitch Marner: 21 games, 18 points, -3
William Nylander: 20 games, 15 points, -3
Morgan Rielly: 21 games, 11 points, -3
Total: 83 games, 61 points, -10
For Hamilton no but Brodie is a legitimate top pairing two way defenceman and would be worth sacrificing Marner or Nylander. Not Matthews though.
Honestly we are probably scouting Karl Alzner, just have a feeling. Guy lives in Calgary in the offseason, trains with our guys at Winsport in the offseason and most likely actually sees our mangagement quite often due to this. He also is a piece our Defence is sorely missing, a top 4 shut down type. Doubt we are looking to make a deal with the leafs here.
Albeit I am just putting two and two together so anyone's guess is as good as mine
Soshnikov, Carrick and a 2nd for Hamilton?
This is also the worst stretch of hockey Monahan and Gaudreau have played in their careers, so this is a very fair and unbiased comparison.
Matthews, Marner and Nylander haven't really played in the NHL before at all.
No excuse.
Sweet so we should compare their rookie seasons then.
But continue to ignore the 160+ games Gaudreau and Monahan played before this season
Kadri and Gardiner for Hamilton and Backlund?
Not sure if serious.