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Originally Posted by schteve_d
I love present Hanifin and I have high hopes for his future here. I feel like Flames fans have taken him somewhat for granted. I'm constantly amazed at how many trade proposals he comes up in on this board.
He still has lots of time to improve and if we can hang on to him I think he'll be a solid core player here for a long time.
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To be fair, he's been more noticeable, in a good way, in the last 7 games, than any such stretch over the last 2 years.
I don't think that this is a case of underrating, but a maturation of a player and perhaps finally being slotted with a partner who allows him to succeed. I suppose that this shouldn't be such a surprise, he looked better almost as soon as hamonic was removed from the pairing last season also.