Quoting: palhal
Although the CBJ might be fair, I kinda think CBJ management is in a more "win now". How's this. CBJ first and Hartnell....if the Flames can think he can effective for another three years for Flames first and Doug Hamilton. CBJ needs Dmen, Flames need wingers and gives Flames some cap room.
You're a little off here hal.
First off, Columbus has Jones, Murray, Savard and Johnson as D men. Plus they have Tyutin who needs to be protected from expansion because he has a NMC. Not to mention they have highly touted Werenski in the pipeline. They don't need to be adding D at all. They're already going to have trouble protecting what they have from Vegas.
Secondly, the value in that deal you propose is awful for Calgary. Hamilton already has two 40+ point seasons under his belt before he turned 23. He's going to be a stud, but at the very least he's a 23 year old top 2-3 Dman. You don't give that up to move up 3 spots in a draft. More realistic value would be Hamilton straight up for 3rd over all, but as a Flames fan I still wouldn't do it because a top pairing 40+ point Dman is more valuable than a top line winger every time. And here's the rub, we already KNOW Dougie is a top 2-3 Dman (with promise to be even more) while Puljujarvi is completely unproven at the NHL level.
Thirdly, I like Hartnell, I actually hope the Flames do find a way to get him this off season. But certainly not at the cost of any of our young core. While still a good player, he has a NMC and makes a lot of money. The Flames would be doing the Jackets a favor by taking his NMC and contract from them, so the cost shouldn't be too high. Something more like Joe Colborne straight across.