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Originally Posted by djsFlames
Question: We know that McEichel have franchise, top center potential as players, which would answer any questions about scoring for this team for years to come.
Does Hanifin have that same potential on the back end? Does he look to turn into a Weber-like player that can lead the team at both ends of the ice?
Right now I think we need the former two more if it came down to choosing. Unless Hanifin is really that spectacular of a defenceman.
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Yup some people say Hanifin is also a once in a generation defenceman. How he does in Boston College this season will probably help define how much of a gap there is between him and McDavid/Eichel.
His style is more comparable to Ryan Suter from what I have read (he also gets comparisons to S. Niedermayer), but he does it at both ends of the ice.
Almost every scouting report says he is better than Seth Jones at the same age.