Volica
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Speculation: Hanifin to Nashville
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Rumors are it involves Fabbro going the other way. I'll say it isn't out to lunch.
SeanMoneyHands
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Nashville really wants to be in purgatory don't they. Make a bunch of rebuild type moves and then make a bunch of win now moves.
Jumptheshark
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you should link WHO is saying it. About 10 people has the Toffoli thing about an hour before it happened
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Why would the Flames trade for Fabbro? They need forward help.
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I don't see the point for Nashville. But I do accept that maybe Barry Trotz does? He was probably after Pesce. He probably can envision Hanifin as a fallback. He has the Cap space.
I don't understand why the Preds aren't excited about Fabbro, my eye-test says that guy is a whole lot better than they have been treating him, but ok. The votes are in, and they do seem to want to keep adding "bigger" D instead. Fabbro will be a revelation for any team that is lucky enough to snag him. If the Preds were able to trade Fabbro for Hanifin, it's fine by me, even if it's just for 1 year... past that it would really jam up our LD, since we have Josi and McDonagh, and don't really need that depth at LD when we have Lauzon and prospects coming? It seems like a total waste to me. But I do believe it is something that Trotz might be able to envision.
I don't understand why the Preds aren't excited about Fabbro, my eye-test says that guy is a whole lot better than they have been treating him, but ok. The votes are in, and they do seem to want to keep adding "bigger" D instead. Fabbro will be a revelation for any team that is lucky enough to snag him. If the Preds were able to trade Fabbro for Hanifin, it's fine by me, even if it's just for 1 year... past that it would really jam up our LD, since we have Josi and McDonagh, and don't really need that depth at LD when we have Lauzon and prospects coming? It seems like a total waste to me. But I do believe it is something that Trotz might be able to envision.
Why would nashville target a LHD when they already have 15+ million tied up in Josi (NMC) and McDonagh (NTC and a contract that makes him unmovable)?
That’d be a killer trade for Nashville if the entire thing is based around Fabbro. They’d get more for Hanifin at the deadline
Hanifin is only 26 so he is plenty young for a rebuild but i dont understand why another LHD would make sense for Nashville
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Seems to me like Trotz doesn't even really care about LHD/RHD at this point. He just sees what he thinks is a better player who will help the playoff push more? The way he talked about Schenn after signing him, I totally accept that he just wants BIGGER D. Even if it doesn't make sense in terms of roster-building for the future. Fabbro is a great player and Hynes turned him into a vastly "underrated" player too, but he's definitely not ever going to be "big", alas...
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I don't really see what the point would be, we have too many Dmen as it is, unless Trotz is going to offload 2 of either Fabbro/Carrier/Lauzon/Barrie in the process.
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Frees up cap space to sign Nick Ritchie.
.......Too soon.
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Does Hanifin fit that model? He's good sized but doesnt play "big". I think Fabbro could be moved for a better fitting piece? But yeah, maybe just for the value.Seems to me like Trotz doesn't even really care about LHD/RHD at this point. He just sees what he thinks is a better player who will help the playoff push more? The way he talked about Schenn after signing him, I totally accept that he just wants BIGGER D. Even if it doesn't make sense in terms of roster-building for the future. Fabbro is a great player and Hynes turned him into a vastly "underrated" player too, but he's definitely not ever going to be "big", alas...
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TL;DR - I don't think either team bothers with chatting if they weren't backed into a corner. Because of how quiet the off season has been, annoyingly, this rumor could have legs.
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With McDonagh and Josi as LD, I don't fully understand why the Preds would want Hanifin. Too much quality LD vs lower quality RD. Unless their plan is to extend + train up Hanifin and then trade him for a haul Nashville dman factory style. With the quality of their RD, rolling 3 lines with Josi, McDonagh and Hanifin would be weird but not completely ridiculous. Plus with Hanifin's cap structure, they have options. But don't the Preds need forward help more than defensive help? They could make it work in taking Hanifin, but... why?
Flames, I could see the logic of them target a player like Fabbro. We're ultra thin on RD on the roster (Weegar actually prefers LD even though he's a RHS) and with Tanev often injury prone, RD is a bit weak/potentially dire. I'm not totally certain on the LD/RD aspect when Kylington returns, but certainly there's some juggling options on the second pairing no matter what with whatever might happen with Hanifin (wants to go to US)/Tanev(IR)/Kylington (up to speed)/trade* (fit?). I can't imagine a prospect of high enough calibre that Nashville would add to make the whole idea seem less weird. Flames are backed into a corner and they know it.
But then there's major weird aspects for both sides. Super stacking LD on the Preds seems weird if there are no additional moves to be made for their blue line. The Flames are taking on the biggest risk and likely doing a quality for quantity trade here (might be forced due to circumstances) where the value isn't great for them if they do it now.
Why wouldn't the Flames consider the TDL to trade Hanifin instead and shouldn't the preds be targeting some young forward with Fabbro vs another dman? Like, it's not bad enough that it doesn't automatically make sense to disregard for both teams, but it certainly smells more like a plan C than a plan A or plan B type of move.
Given the cap circumstances of most teams and how quiet the off season has been so far, this facet annoyingly seems like it's adding smoke and credibility to the basis of whether the two teams are actually conversing. Almost like two GMs blowing steam and chatting about how they'd rather benefit each other rather than some other asshole out there openly exploiting the fact they know these guys are backed into a corner.
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With McDonagh and Josi as LD, I don't fully understand why the Preds would want Hanifin. Too much quality LD vs lower quality RD. Unless their plan is to extend + train up Hanifin and then trade him for a haul Nashville dman factory style. With the quality of their RD, rolling 3 lines with Josi, McDonagh and Hanifin would be weird but not completely ridiculous. Plus with Hanifin's cap structure, they have options. But don't the Preds need forward help more than defensive help? They could make it work in taking Hanifin, but... why?
Flames, I could see the logic of them target a player like Fabbro. We're ultra thin on RD on the roster (Weegar actually prefers LD even though he's a RHS) and with Tanev often injury prone, RD is a bit weak/potentially dire. I'm not totally certain on the LD/RD aspect when Kylington returns, but certainly there's some juggling options on the second pairing no matter what with whatever might happen with Hanifin (wants to go to US)/Tanev(IR)/Kylington (up to speed)/trade* (fit?). I can't imagine a prospect of high enough calibre that Nashville would add to make the whole idea seem less weird. Flames are backed into a corner and they know it.
But then there's major weird aspects for both sides. Super stacking LD on the Preds seems weird if there are no additional moves to be made for their blue line. The Flames are taking on the biggest risk and likely doing a quality for quantity trade here (might be forced due to circumstances) where the value isn't great for them if they do it now.
Why wouldn't the Flames consider the TDL to trade Hanifin instead and shouldn't the preds be targeting some young forward with Fabbro vs another dman? Like, it's not bad enough that it doesn't automatically make sense to disregard for both teams, but it certainly smells more like a plan C than a plan A or plan B type of move.
Given the cap circumstances of most teams and how quiet the off season has been so far, this facet annoyingly seems like it's adding smoke and credibility to the basis of whether the two teams are actually conversing. Almost like two GMs blowing steam and chatting about how they'd rather benefit each other rather than some other asshole out there openly exploiting the fact they know these guys are backed into a corner.
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man...barrie should be so pissed if he has to go back to alberta and it isn't even the good team lmao.
i do mean no disrespect to flames fans but i am sure it didn't come off that way :/
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Frees up cap space to sign Nick Ritchie.
I reached all these ranges of emotions in about 10 seconds
SeanMoneyHands
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Hanifin doesn't want to be in Calgary, you get what you can for him. Fabbro is a pretty decent dman.
LeighDx59
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Unless theyre planning on moving McD, or one of them can play RD, it doesnt make sense to me. I mean a player of Hanifin would be awesome to pickup, but theres already such a logjam on defense as is.
