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Originally Posted by Ashasx
Dellow really didn't do that if you read the article. He's simply saying that given precedence, it is extremely unlikely he ever becomes as good as Hamilton right now. He notes that Hanifin was given a little more freedom last season but was still sheltered after being extremely sheltered the two seasons prior.
That doesn't mean he can't turn into a star (he is not a star, regardless of what the all-star fan vote says), but that seems like a massive risk from the Flames perspective, especially considering what was given up.
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The sheltered thing is interesting too - Peters spoke about this on the radio yesterday and said it was less about sheltering Hanifin last season but more about really trusting the Slavin-Pesce pairing to do a lot of the heavy lifting.
Also Hanifin had some really impressive WOWY stats, and on-off heat maps for shot numbers.
http://hockeyviz.com/player/hanifno97/CAR/1718
The guy is a really good d-man at the age of 21 and is pretty close to same level of d-man at 21 as Hamilton was at 21 - so while it's not guaranteed he follows the same development curve as Hamilton I also wouldn't say it's unprecedented.