Edited Jul. 30, 2023 at 10:45 p.m.
Quoting: ON3M4N
No, Shattenrirk couldn't fill Carlo's role.....at all. Hanifin isn't a need for Boston. Backlund while a decent center, isn't the center that teams convet from CGY. Backlund is a consolation prize.
Whatever man, Shattenkirk is still a Top-4 RD
Hanifin has been a want in BOS forever and they lost and didn’t replace Orlov. I guarantee they’d rather have Hanifin than Gryzelcyk and between Hanifin, Forbort and Shattenkirk, Carlo’s PK Role would easily be covered, but we could also talk about Tanev instead of Backlund
We’re trying to hold on to Lindholm, so unless you’d prefer Kadri, Backlund is the only available Centre the Flames want to offer and only because he’s indicated he isn’t interested in re-signing, but that could change throughout the season
In any event, it’s just an idea and my focus is primarily on improving the Flames while trying to stay realistic. We might have been interested in Hall, but he’s gone and isnt worth near as much as Backlund given his current cap hit and additional year of term. I’m not even that high on DeBrusk, but maybe bringing him back to Alberta and putting him at RW with Huberdeau would work, but so would Mang, Dube, Sharangovich or better yet, even Kadri as a Left Shot RW