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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Of all the weird takes on Hanifin, the weirdest is that, because he has been in the league a long time, he is what he is. When the forum was discussing Valimaki last year and prior, many suggested we should trade Hanifin, because 'he is what he is', whereas Valimaki had lots of upside. When I and others pointed out that Hanifin is only one year older than Valimaki, the rebuttal was that Hanifin had already played lots of NHL games, and therefore he was done getting better.
One of the stupidest takes I've seen on here (which is saying something).
And now here we are a year or two later, and Hanifin is still improving (pro tip: everyone can improve). And yes here we are, with posters sticking with the 'long history of what he is'.
No, he is in the process of taking his game to another level. His play late last year (as Bingo pointed out), and this year (after a slow start), is the best hockey we have ever seen from him. The Hanifin we have seen in the last handful of games has been really good, arguably the best defenseman on the team.
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LOL
Reading is hard.
If saying that teams will value a player on what he has shown over a long period of time versus a short period of time is the strangest or even dumbest take you have seen then you either don't read much, have no idea how trades work or are trying hard to create something that wasn't said.
I am not surprised based on some of your others posts and your willingness to misrepresent what people say so you can rant but it is still funny nonetheless.