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Loading…A 79.3 overall puts Hanifin 46th among 327 rated defensemen, comfortably in the league's top quarter at the position.
His best component is offensive creation at 76, with power-play production (20) trailing the rest of his game.
His rating fell from 92.4 in 2024-25 to 81.7 in 2025-26, one of the bigger drops in his 11-season card history.
At $7.35M through 2031-32 before unrestricted free agency, the model rates the deal Underpaid: his expected value is $9.66M, so the Vegas Golden Knights save roughly $2.31M a season against his production.
His cap hit is the 6th-largest on the Vegas Golden Knights NHL roster and uses 7.1% of the $104M ceiling; the club currently has $430K in cap space.
| Component | Rating (0-100) |
|---|---|
| Offense | 76 |
| Defense | 56 |
| Play driving | 65 |
| Finishing | 56 |
| Power play | 20 |
| Penalty kill | 46 |
| Season | Team | GP | Overall | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | VGK | 71 | 81.7 | -0.1 |
| 2024-25 | VGK | 80 | 92.4 | 0.3 |
| 2023-24 | VGK | 80 | 85.5 | 0.2 |
| 2022-23 | CGY | 81 | 69.5 | -0.1 |
| 2021-22 | CGY | 81 | 94.8 | 0.4 |
| 2020-21 | CGY | 47 | 82.7 | 0 |
| 2019-20 | CGY | 70 | 64.3 | -0.3 |
| 2018-19 | CGY | 80 | 52.1 | -0.4 |
| 2017-18 | CAR | 79 | 94.3 | 0.4 |
| 2016-17 | CAR | 81 | 58.3 | -0.2 |
Other VGK defensemen by rating: Shea Theodore (90.6), Brayden McNabb (83.7), Rasmus Andersson (63.5), Alex Pietrangelo (59.6). See the full Vegas Golden Knights cap sheet.
How we rate players: each skater's overall is a percentile (0-100) built from offense, defense, play driving, finishing, power-play and penalty-kill impact against players at the same position; goalies are rated on goals saved above expected. Contract value compares the cap hit with the salary the model expects for that level of production, age and position. Figures are updated as new games and signings arrive.