The NHL All-Star Game will be a terrific experience for Noah Hanifin, and the Carolina Hurricanes will benefit from that in the long run to be sure. It should be nothing but healthy for the 20-year-old to interact with some of the game's elite players and maybe learn a thing or two.
That's good. In a best-case scenario, being around the other All-Stars will be a wake-up call for Hanifin, who even as his offensive game matures in the middle of his third season in the NHL still has an extraordinarily long way to go in his own end.