From todays Boston Globe. Figured Id pass it along.
Noah Hanifin’s skating will help with NHL transition
http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2...-transition/VscGpruaZOJmXJ8OzsAWkO/story.html
Hanifin, who left three years at Boston College on the table by turning pro, will have to fight for his first NHL paycheck. He’ll be competing for ice time against older teammates such as Ron Hainsey. In 2002, when Hainsey made his NHL debut, Hanifin was five years old.
But if anything ensures Raleigh as Hanifin’s landing spot instead of Charlotte, the Hurricanes’ AHL affiliate, it is the way he moves.
“His skating ability is above par in the NHL as it is,†said Stride Envy Skating owner Adam Nicholas, who is coaching Hanifin this summer. “He’s not going in there saying, ‘I’ve got to work on my skating.’ His skating is there to play at that level now. That’s how grat a skater he is.â€