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Originally Posted by transplant99
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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First of all, I am not a Hanifin-hater, but let's put some of these numbers in perspective.
He is 42nd in points, over the time he has been in Calgary. That sounds great, but that is over 400 games, and there are only 83 defensemen who have played at least 350 games in that time, so he is middle of the pack from that group. Morgan Reilly ($7.5M) has 100 more points than Hanifin over that time. Mark Giordano has more points over that time. Darnell Nurse has more points.
Hronek in Van has more points over that time - would you want to pay him $7.5M?
Hanifin's production is fine. Good, even. But is it at a level where we feel we NEED to sign him? Is it $1.5M-less-than-Makar good?
I just don't feel the need right now - take the assets.