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Originally Posted by dino7c
So downgrade the D of the 2nd best GAA team in the league
seems like a bad idea
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Darryl's system is the reason why the team's GAA sits where it sits. Check his history, 2003-2006 Flames, tops in the league in GAA and 2012-2018 Kings, tops in the league in GAA. Darryl's system is essentially plug and play. His system doesn't require expensive defensemen like Hanifin to function. Actually, upon Darryl's hiring last season, Gio was subsequently moved to the top shutdown pair with Tanev which resulted in a Hanifin demotion.
To me, it's pretty simple, Hanifin does not provide this team enough value for what he's paid. He's the team's highest paid defenseman and is expected to provide this team offense from the back end which he does not. He also doesn't drive the play for any pairing he's a part of and he needs to with that kind of contract. Treliving may not have a choice but to move him this coming summer with the cap crunch because he might have the easiest big contract to move. He has no trade protection, but still has some draft pedigree.