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Old 03-12-2021, 09:46 AM   #8977
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I would do the Flyers trade I think even though I think Gaudreau is great. I just really like Konecny.

That Nashville trade is not good though.

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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy View Post
Hanifin is an OK top 4 Dman, but he's been in the league for like what...6 or 7 years now and he's still not a top pair guy. He doesn't produce nearly enough offense either.

He's not a number 1 dman and he's probably never going to be a number 1 dman. If Flames brass thinks he is then we've got big problems.

If anything I think the hope of management is that Valimaki will leap frog Hanifin to take over for Gio as the top pairing LHD and Hanifin can at least continue to be a solid 2nd pairing LHD.
Yet he's still only 24 years old and is part of what has been the best pairing in the league this year from an Expected Goals Against and Goals Against per 60 perspective.

He might not be a number 1 but he's a really good #2, and it means your defense is probably elite if he's your number 3.

Also the offense production thing is a bit of red herring - his counting numbers don't look great because he gets no powerplay time at all.

He's second on the team among d-men in 5v5 points since he got to the Flames, and 48th in the entire league among defenseman with 43. For comparison the guy he was traded for in Dougie Hamilton has 52.

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