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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Holtz would be a great get. Tremendous shot.
My concern is that they would not cough him up for Meier, and he's now established himself as an NHLer, so I doubt they will cough him up now.
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I think the difference is need.
Meier was a guy they wanted to add to bolster their roster.
Hanifin would be a guy to step in as a legit first pairing defenseman to cover for the loss of Hamilton. I don't watch enough Devils hockey to say that without Hamilton they may not even make the playoffs, but any team that loses a first pairing defenseman for the remainder of the season is going to have a much tougher road.