I'm building my first (and hopefully last) set of kitchen cabs. I have
gone with shaker style, cherry face-framed cabs and have used
pre-finished maple ply in construction of the boxes. I'm now ready to
start making drawers.

The drawers will be constructed with half-blind dovetails and ride on
Blum Tandem full-extension undermount slides.

I have read in various places that some people use maple and some hard
maple for drawers. I know that hard maple is tougher and stronger than
maple, but it is also heavier and more expensive. Is there a good
reason to go with one versus the other?