Just like what most of the posters here have been saying, I love what Hanifin brings. Just seems so calm, poised and smooth out there. I think him and Rasmus is a perfect pairing and possibly a future top pairing, but that's a different discussion.
I also did some digging on breakout seasons by defensemen and a strong majority of high skill dmen breakout offensively in their 4th AND 5th seasons, so I think we got him at the perfect time.
Even if he doesn't have a huge jump in point production this year, but can continue being solid and relied upon in his own end, that's good enough for me.
I am very happy with the trade and would take Hanifin over Hamilton 9 times out of 10, I think we got ourselves a Seth Jones, the comparables between them are very similar.
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