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Originally Posted by Bingo
That isn't a very good take.
CA60 3rd (behind sheltered third pairing)
xGA60 3rd (behind Zadorov and Tanev)
xGF% 1st
League wide ...
CA60 23rd
xGA60 37th
He's a top pairing defenseman defensively.
He's certainly not perfect, no defenseman is, but the numbers don't support the notion that's he's a liability defensively.
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Hanifin has got to be one of the most underrated and overlooked players we’ve had in a long time. He plays such a cerebral game, a great hockey mind who touches a lot of aspects especially 5v5. He’s got a great first pass and chews hard minutes against top opponents and has quietly put up a solid stat line of 5 G 21 A 26 pts in 53 games with a respectable +9.
I think it’s easy to forget that Hanafin is still just 25 years old yet he’s closing in on 500 games played already with 489. There is still runway left for him to peak which is crazy to think because it feels like Lindy and Hanifin have been here forever and he’s taken noticeable steps in his game under Sutter as most players have.