Hanifin really is having a great season and in particular has excelled with the extra minutes he has been given lately. If he is a s good as he has shown in the last 10 games or so, I'd love to have him back on a long term deal.
That could be recency bias though. Has he turned some corner or is this a contract year bump. I have always liked Hanifin but viewed him as rather replaceable.
Conroy and company should know him better than anyone. No matter what happens it sure seems like they'd prefer to have him back. Just based on what little info drips out, they're trying much harder with him compared to Lindholm, Tanev or Toffoli.
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