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Twitter Reaction: Flames-Hurricanes blockbuster trade steals the show
Sportsnet's John Shannon and Faizal Khamisa breakdown the latest news at the NHL Draft, including the Flames and Hurricanes trade, as well as the future of John Tavares in New York.
“We’ve gone nine years missing the playoffs…we’re going to try to change up the culture a little bit,” Hurricanes GM Don Waddell told the NHL Network. “We feel that all three pieces are going to make our hockey club better not just today but going into the future.”
Just two days ago Flames GM Brad Treliving was asked about the probability of trading Hamilton during draft weekend as there were rumours swirling the team was looking to move on from the 25-year-old blueliner. Treliving shot down those rumours.
Asked Treliving about the rumours of "shopping Dougie Hamilton" … He laughed. "No. There's lots of stuff that's reported at this time. We don't comment on that stuff. When I hear about that stuff, it usually comes out late at night when people have been into the red wine…"
Waddell claimed the two teams had been working on this deal for three-to-four weeks.
This is Hamilton’s third NHL team already, but he tied for the scoring lead among all NHL blueliners in 2017-18, posting 17 goals on the season. And he’s reached at least 42 points the past four seasons.
It was the biggest trade made in what was a relatively quiet weekend. Here’s how people reacted to the move on Twitter:
Hard to justify this trade for Calgary, Dougie Hamilton's comparables are the best defencemen in the NHL, Hanafin's comps simply don't compare, and the gap between Lindholm and Ferland certainly doesn't make up for it. And this is without even getting into Fox pic.twitter.com/tGpj3Ykgea
Dougie Hamilton (traded to Carolina) is an elite top-pair defender who has never been deployed like one in Calgary. Takes a lot of penalties but contributes a ton individually and improves teammates heavily. pic.twitter.com/KPwKF80RXz
— Micah Blake McCurdy (@IneffectiveMath) June 23, 2018
Dougie Hamilton just turned 25 & will be playing for his 3rd NHL franchise already
Noah Hanifin is a franchise defenseman. Dougie Hamilton is not. Lindholm is great. Ferland valuable. He plays that Tom Wilson type role. Fox will be the wild card in this deal on a d core in Carolina very full with talent
Calgary Flames trade Dougie Hamilton it what could be the worse trade in franchise history. It has to make the top 3. Time will tell. pic.twitter.com/cB4aS6MKz6
Noah Hanifin a 21-year-old left-handed defenceman. Elias Lindholm a 23-year-old right-handed centre. Both former 5th overall picks. Former #Hurricanes, current #Flames head coach Bill Peters knows these players and their potential better than anybody. pic.twitter.com/AvIJMTsyRf
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