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Originally Posted by Heavy Jack
Luke Hughes is in his rookie season, sure one day he will likely surpass Hanifin but that day isn’t today.
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If Hanifin is a pure rental, then yes, he’s probably ahead of Hughes today. But if he’s a pure rental, that affects his trade value.
That’s the difficulty with dealing Hanifin. If you want to get full value, you want him to go to a team that has a good chance to sign him. But most teams in playoff contention will have trouble fitting an $8+ mil d-man into their cap structure going forward. Especially a LHD. And has been discussed already, most of the teams in contention looking for help on D have already traded away their 1sts.