Not big on Hanifin. Thought he was over-rated in his draft, and was clear that I thought Provorov would be the best Dman available. Maybe it's actually Werenski, who has surprised me a bit, but I still had Werenski ahead of Hanifin too. I see Hanifin as a great 2nd pairing Dman, below average first pairing. Maybe I'll be mistaken, but that's my position on him and his potential. He still has a lot of things to put together in his game, while Drai is closer to his potential and a bigger difference maker with respect to their position.
Not trading a young PPG (or darn close to it) forward locked up long-term to a contract that will get better and better as the cap goes up for someone who's 2nd pairing Dman, IMO. We need someone a little better, with all due respect to Noah.
I mean, it's not awful, but just want a better Dman coming back as the main piece in any trade, and should be a right-shot (though I know Hanifin can play on the right side at a certain level of effectiveness). I know Drai would solve a lot of issues for you guys, but I'm not sold on Hanifin doing the same for us. I'd prefer a 1-for-1 like the Seth Jones trade. If we're going to trade Drai we should look for that type of deal out there. We need a top-pairing RHD, and Hanifin is just not that, even if my assessment of him as probably being 2nd pairing material is off; he's still not a natural RHD, nor has he shown the offensive potential we really need.
This would be another Hall/Larrson trade, except we also get a 1st and a rather 'meh' player. Like I said, it's not awful, but not enough to make me want to do it. We need to clearly win the next big trade we make, and this isn't clear enough to me. Chia is gonna need to bend someone over to win me back, and this trade isn't that. While that probably isn't realistic, it's a deserved expectation from the Oiler fans after selling short on both Hall and Eberle.
Maybe I'm off, but it's my 2 cents.
