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“Me being a defenceman, if a game is on, I try to watch a certain player or a certain group of defencemen that I like to model my game after,” he said. “Even old-school games … There were a couple of old Pittsburgh-Detroit Stanley Cup games on, so watching guys like Nicklas Lidstrom and following them and seeing their habits and what they like to do when they’re in important games and situations in the playoffs, that’s a good way for me to learn and to keep developing.
“It’s not like I’m taking notes or writing anything down, but I just like to watch and I get a good feel for the decisions you have to make and the pace of the game just by watching other teams play and watching that level of hockey,” he continued. “Because the playoffs are definitely faster. They’re more intense. There’s a lot more on the line, obviously, with the decisions you make. So you just have to be smart and you have to play the right way. I think watching former teams have success is a good way to learn.”
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And just a reminder of how young he is...
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Now in his fifth season at hockey’s highest level, he is just 23. If the Flames go with the six blue-line guys we’re expecting, Hanifin will be the youngest defenceman in the lineup for Game 1 of their best-of-five play-in series against the Winnipeg Jets that begins on Aug. 1.
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Lots to be excited about with this guy.
https://calgarysun.com/sports/hockey...-during-layoff