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Originally Posted by doctajones428
Agreed. Initially I was majorly disappointed in losing Hamilton (mainly because I felt he was a future Norris D-man before we even traded for him), but Hanifin is better defensively, takes way less penalties and put up the same amount of goals at 21 as Dougie did. Sure, he had 10 less points when both were that age, but defensive scoring only went down after Gio and Brodie split.
Giordano with Brodie: 13-21 goals 48-56 points (while missing 20 games)
Giordano with Hamilton: 12-13 goals 38-39 points
Brodie with Giordano: 6-12 goals 41-45 points
Brodie with Stone/Hamonic: 4-6 goals 32-36 points
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I think Hamilton is better defensively right now - Hanifin admitted to not really even being coached for defence in junior. He is a work in progress in the NHL in that regard, but he is unquestionably improving. He may even get pushed down into the third pairing for a bit while he improves, which won't worry me much. Hanifin seems like a strong IQ type and I bet he noticeably improves all the facets of his game as time goes on.