Hanifin is criminally under rated/appreciated around here. Has been since the day the Flames acquired him.
Since he came into the league he is top 40 league wide in GP, pts, assists, etc, while playing on middling teams.
Now he is hitting his prime and so many want to run him out of town instead of making him a cog in this re-tool the club is clearly in the midst of.
Now if he is choosing to test UFA then yeah, they have to deal him. They are losing a really good player though and one that is going to be almost impossible to replace internally and will cost a bundle to replace other ways.
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