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I know we need a #1 defenseman, but I think trading Debrincat, who was #2 this season in goals per game in the entire league and has actually elite type analytics along with Beaudin and a first round pick for Chabot is way too much. Chabot has some of the worst defensive analytics in the league this year, his offense is elite and thats certainly valuable for most teams, but the hawks aren't most teams, they are garbage at defense and Lankinen faced way too many shots last season. I get why Chabot would make sense on the surface level for the hawks (elite defenseman on a team that needs an elite defenseman), but why would I want that guy + his cap hit playing next to Boqvist. Boqvist is not as good as chabot but his strengths and weaknesses are literally the same. The hawks do not improve with this deal, they actually in my opinion get significantly worse because we have more defenseman who cant play defense and we lose a cornerstone/borderline elite winger, a B prospect AND a mid first round pick. If our goal is to make Lankinens life easier, we do the opposite and give away our first round pick + it costs more