To be honest, after reading a lot about Hanifin on the Hurricanes board, I became wary of his defensive awareness. So far, he has impressed me in every faucet. To me, he appears better defensively than Dougie. His shot is decent, but not high end like Dougie's. Hanifins skating looks better and he even seems like he is harder to play against (uses his size better). Hanifin appears better at keeping pucks in the zone as well.
I honestly don't know how Dougie had such a high corsi but Hanifin looks better. I'm a fan so far!
Oh, and Hanifin doesn't take ######ed penalties....so far.
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