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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
Hanifin was arguably the best Flames D in the whole series. He's a stud, and we're incredibly fortunate Treliving was able to upgrade Hamilton into Hanifin.
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Yeah we were definitely not watching the same series. Hanifin and Hamonic spent the whole series backing in like two Kris Russells. Their defensive play was probably the worst on the team, and their offensive play was non-existent. I find it tough to decide who was worse because they both did some terrible things throughout the series but there is almost zero doubt the Flames were profoundly better when any of Giordano, Brodie, Valimaki, or Andersson were on the ice. While the other pairs had some bad gaps here and there earlier in the series, Hanifin in particular was the worst offender as he never even made an effort to tighten up his game. The vast majority of Smith's ten bell saves came on the Hanifin-Hamonic pair.