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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
Nope I’m talking about Hanifin. Valimaki absolutely took it in the teeth with Sutter, but the evidence of entitlement is also there with Hanifin. Dube goes from #1 line to bench/scratch with Sutter. Hanifin is demoted from top pair to second pair under Sutter.
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Hanifin played the most even strength time on ice under Sutter. He averaged 19:30 compared to the 18:45 of Tanev, and the 18:10 of Giordano between March 5 (Sutter's hiring) and April 23 (Hanifin going down to injury the next game). In the most important game of the season against Montreal he played 24 minutes.
He averaged 22 minutes a night under Sutter, more than he did previously. I don't think your belief matches actuality. I mean, Sutter saying that Hanifin is the type of player you don't replace and then advocating to move him due to the expansion draft because of what Sutter said, doesn't make sense.