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Originally Posted by blankall
5 years? That also includes all the players that aren't NHL calibre. This article is BS. Part way through it admits that good players average 12 years and bad players average 1 year, bit then tries to hyper focus on injuries as the culprit.
Top defencemen don't even typically reach their prime until their late twenties or even early thirties.
Hanifin also plays a style of game that isn't especially hard on the body. He has no nagging injury issues.
Hanifin will almost certainly be at his current or better level for another 4-6 years, and still serviceable as a top 4 after that. As far as long term veteran contracts go, that puts him in the very low risk category.
Hanifin, barring an unforeseen injury, is a good bet. About as good as these 7-8 year vet contracts can be
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I think there's a very high chance this is correct and his best is still ahead of him. He has been playing his best hockey this year and is still improving.
If the Flames do trade him, I expect we see another J Bo or Hamilton where he goes on to be an important top pairing guy on a good team.
If the right offer is there take it, but don't sell him low as we'll all be watching that play out as a massive trade fail if we do.