Quoting: Nhl_oilers
I’m just not a fan from those reasons. We need a guy that’s good at defence. I rather wait, and go for Parayko, or Jones honestly.
Quoting: DRshnuckels87
The defence part is an issue I won't lie but the locker room stuff was from the start of his career in boston it seems like hes matured since then with other teams.
What makes you guys think he's bad at defense? Parayko is better, sure, but Jones is far far worse and Hamilton is in the 88th percentile for all situations defense, that's insanely good.
Here's a comparison of their player cards
For the record, the best guy the Oilers have at defense right now is Klefbom, and he's only in the 50th percentile. Hamilton would be an immediate upgrade defensively in a major way even if he's not the best available defensive defenseman that will be available over the next three or so years. Even if you could get Parayko or Jones, why would you wait an extra year and burn another year of prime McDavid and Draisaitl rolling with the defense you currently have?
I don't think Hamilton is moving but don't galaxy brain yourself out of pursuing an obviously elite player because he's a "locker room cancer" or he's "bad at defense" when it's pretty clear neither of those things are true. If it was true the Canes wouldn't be trying so hard to keep him, especially considering their defensive depth.