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Originally Posted by TOfan
Honest question, are you seeing improvement?
He looks like the same player that arrived two seasons ago to me. I have a hard time believing anyone would take him over his draft D peers (Provorov, Chabot, Wierinski) five years later.
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I saw improvement in the playoffs. Hanifin + Andersson was the best hockey Hanifin has played as a Flame.
Now I'm not even sure that it was individual growth from Hanifin, it may very well have been related to simply playing him with someone other than Hamonic - but that's another reason why I'm not moving Hanifin. There's no pressure on us to move Hanifin at this stage. The move would only be done if it clearly makes the team better - does OEL do that? It's not a clear upgrade, and definitely not one that would need us to include a 1st round pick.