The problem with trading top-4 D like Hanifin is that there's no Phillips/Pelletier types on D in the AHL waiting for a chance to replace them.
With no Hanifin, it's 3 of Stone, DeSimone, Mackey, Gilbert, and one of them is playing top-4.
Does Kuznetsov still project to be an NHLer? 5 or 6 at the NHL level?
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