Quoting: chaserice
This is horrible. Hamilton gets better trades by himself. Carolina also can make enough room to sign him and svech at a fair price
And the salary thing doesn't appeal to carolina as much as leaf fans want it to
If they were to resign Hamilton which of Slavin, Skjei, Pesce, Hamiltion will they let Seattle take for nothing? I guess they can protect 4 dmen, but then which of Aho, Staal, Taravainen, Niederreiter, Trochek will they let Seattle take for nothing?
I'm thinking Hamilton will be traded just because he will be expensive to resign - they will keep the other three and go with 7/3/1 for the expansion draft. Perhaps Carolina can get more, I'm not sure but as an equivalent, Justin Faulk on his last year before becoming a UFA was traded for (1) Edmundson (later flipped for a 5th round pick) and (2) a prospect, a good prospect but a prospect nonetheless (Bokk has never played a game in the NHL).
In exchange for Hamilton, Carolina would get (1) their starting goalie in Andersen; (2) a signifiant upgrade on the wing (Johnsson - 0.54 Career PPG vs. Foegele - 0.33 Career PPG); and (3) a young DMan who's played 157 games in the NHL, has a career ATOI of 17 minutes and a career Corsi of 53.2%.
As far as the cash is concerned, I don't know Dundon's finances but I think more cash is always better.