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Forum: Armchair-GMJan 7 at 11:59
Thread: Dougie Hamilton Sign-and-Trade for Petry and Caufield
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>HabsForEver</b></div><div>Really not comfortable offering him anything more than 8 Million. I just don't think there is a deal to be made. It's pretty wide known that he has attitude problems, so I imagine Bergevin has no interest, and then there's having to give up enough for the Canes to be happy, which I don't think Montreal will do.</div></div>

The attitude problems are very much "fake news", at least in Carolina. I think that he is perhaps a better fit in younger-skewing locker rooms than in teams with more of a hardened-veteran core. I think that the current Habs situation would probably be a great fit for him, like it currently is here. You guys have a LOT of youth, even without a Caufield or a Romanov.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan 7 at 11:48
Thread: Dougie Hamilton Sign-and-Trade for Petry and Caufield
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>HabsForEver</b></div><div>Not at that contract point. I wouldn't take Hamilton for free if we had to pay him 9 Million.</div></div>

What do you consider to be a "fair" contract for Hamilton? The reason that I posted this proposal is because Carolina is notoriously hard-ball on contract extensions, despite them now being a cap-ceiling team. I expect a New England approach to this negotiation: take this offer or look for other teams in the league of similar caliber who can pay you more. If you find one, we'll try to put a deal together, but if not, we'll happily have you here for the rest of the season. That's exactly the strategy that they took with Faulk, and the end result was them getting Dominik Bokk out of the whole thing.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan 6 at 10:42
Thread: Dougie Hamilton Sign-and-Trade for Petry and Caufield
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>tkecanuck341</b></div><div>The only problem I see is that if they want that kind of return, Carolina's trade destinations will be limited to teams where Dougie wants to sign, because no one is giving up a haul like that unless he's sticking around for longer than a year. However, if word gets out that Dougie has selected a team, that team has little incentive to offer up a large package for him, because they could just wait until the following summer to sign him for nothing.

I think he'll get a decent return, but I don't think he'll get the enormous haul that you're expecting.</div></div>

People said the same thing about Justin Faulk, which actually made more sense because of the limited NTCs in his deal that essentially allowed him to choose which teams that he could sign with. He still ended up garnering an excellent return. I expect no different from Dougie if our contract extension talks fall apart.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan 6 at 10:27
Thread: Dougie Hamilton Sign-and-Trade for Petry and Caufield
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>tkecanuck341</b></div><div><img class="for_img" src="http://m.quickmeme.com/img/c7/c71853cf5c1a12e7d5cce241a74ff6715c46e5109d9993d57cebb7dc7d8fbd01.jpg" alt="c71853cf5c1a12e7d5cce241a74ff6715c46e5109d9993d57cebb7dc7d8fbd01.jpg"></div></div>

A little bit of both, is the answer. The trade price for Dougie will be very, very high, though. Unlike Faulk, Dougie doesn't even have a limited NTC in his contract. His extension market will have tons of suitors. I don't expect Caufield to be the prize, though, that's more of a pipe dream for me. It's got to be a better prospect than even Dominik Bokk, though. Romanov may be another one that Carolina can accept as part of the package. I do expect, however, that some team will offer a good 1st round caliber prospect.