Quick! Before Brad Treliving tosses him to the Boston Bruins for Ondrej Kase!
All ancient trade rumours aside, 23-year-old defenceman Noah Hanifin is entering his third season on the secondary left flank of the Calgary Flames’ blueline. Sketching his trajectory this year, then, still demands the artist to jot down some notes about his development so far, his glaring youth, his possible partners, his favoured deployment and his offensive upside. Oh—and how will he fare with Juuso Valimaki potentially piercing the top four himself before the season’s close?
Let the unboxing begin.
How he got here
What was the best thing to come out of Boston in 1997?