Hanifin had a tough series. No question. However, there are other factors here that influenced that a great deal:
1) Kylington-Tanev, the other shut down pair, was completely absent, effectively doubling the responsibilities for Hanifin-Andersson
2) the forwards played terribly defensively, allowing McDavid to gain possession and full speed from the neutral zone, effectively leaving the defensemen hung out to dry. And that happened a LOT - far too often - and because Hanifin-Andersson were out there for most of the tough assignments, they wore the brunt of that.
3) Markstrom had a tough series, and when the D were beaten, the puck wound up in the net more often than not. Defensemen get beat regularly, that's part of hockey - that's why you need good goaltending.
Just saying 'Hanifin had a bad series, he can't handle McDavid' is over simplistic at best, if not wildly naive.
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