No one has called Hanifin the next Lidstrom. The way he thinks the game, controls the game, and makes almost no mistakes, gives him the Lidstrom comparison. You have never seen him, but you don't like him? You are most certainly entitled to your opinion. He is a very special player, and any team picking him will do very well. Same can be said about Marner and Strome.
I said I don't trust NCAA players.. Have you seen him? I bet there are a lot of people on here who have never seen Hanifin play, have you other then the odd clip you see online here and there? My guess is most people are in my shoes and get most their info off other HF posts, and a few odd clips around the net.
Um people compare Strome to Thornton because of his style he tries to play. Most people compare Marner to a Gilmour/Kane hybrid because of the way he plays the game.
If people compare hanifin to Lidstrome because of the way he plays the game then yes they are setting that expectation. All I am saying is a lot of people are saying we should pick Hanifin over Marner and Strome because of what other posters say. If you haven't seen the guy play how can you give an honest evaluation of him? because some people read stuff about him. How many scouting reports have we seen or heard that were maybe not as accurate as we first thought?
I am by no means saying he's a bad prospect he'll he may turn out to be the next Lidstrom but I just don't trust NCAA players, there seems to always be a lot of buzz and not as much fizz as everyone expected.
, most contending team's even have elite wingers or at a bare minimum "elite" depth at all positions. Show me a team who contends without "elite" centers or center depth.
