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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
I'm curious, why do you have Valimaki ahead of Hanifin? I'm not trying to crack on you, I just think Hanifin is underrated around here.
Hanifin isn't yet 23. He has four seasons under his belt and had a really good year on our 2nd pair. Nearly 21 minutes a night, went from -20 to +18. Giveaways were an issue, but it was his first year in this type of role. Only five of his 33 points came on the powerplay, so he was an Excellent 5v5 producer. If anything, they need to do more to get Hanifin involved in the power play this coming season.
To my view, Hanifin's skating is also light years better than Valimaki. But skating isn't everything, just ask Kylington.
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Valimaki has a higher upside than Hanifin IMO. He’s better with the puck. I think Valimaki easily has the highest upside of all of our young dmen.