Career year means his dollar value is inflated.
He’s a great 2nd pair D-man who can eat minutes.
But you need to have a highly skilled offensive threat on the backend and those guys are the ones you pay 8+M for, giving that to Hanifin would be a mistake. Couple that with how wishy washy he’s been, it’s very clear to me he’d prefer to play in the US (close to home ideally) but if the flames overpay him then he’ll stay for the money.
Time to move on, we can likely get quite the haul including potential young high upside D prospect, which fits where this team appears to be going.
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