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Originally Posted by Jore
Hanifin is a completely average top 4 defender. Average at defending the zone, average in transition, and average at in-zone offense. A good piece to have? Certainly, but not a skillset that the Flames are missing currently imo, and I've seen him in the playoffs enough to know that he doesn't have the same kind of fight that a guy like Kadri has.
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He's also 25 years old and, true or not, most believe that defensemen mature and/or peak later.
I hope I'm not falling into the same trap that I did with Sam Bennett where, every year, I thought that the next year was the year he was going to put it all together.
I still think Hanifin is going to be elite in this league.