I repeat, if you could choose ANY Dman for the rest of their career (as of now), who would it be?
Dahlin is too much of a mystery at this point, especially with how volataile 1OA dmen have been in the past
Give me the sure thing instead
Not really. How much of a mystery were McDavid and Matthews at the draft? Its a pretty safe bet that Dahlin turns out to be at least a first pairing dman. And he's like at least 5 years younger than the rest of the guys on this list. Rasmus Dahlin is 6 years younger than Seth Jones. 9 years younger than Hedman. 10 younger than Karlsson. That's huge. This guy's been heavily scouted for the past 3 years and he's played above his competition and excelled at every level. He was playing in the SHL at age 15. Barring a freak accident which every player is prone to or some kind of weird personality thing that no one has seen Dahlin is as safe as it gets.
Look at the 1st OA dmen
- Denis Potvin
-Greg Joly
-Rick Green
-Rob Ramage
-Gord Kluzak
-Wendel Clark
-Roman Hamrlik
-Ed Jovanovski
-Bryan Berard
-Chris Phillips
-Erik Johnson
-Aaron Ekblad
Which one of those guys would you take a full career of over something more certain, like Hedman or Jones?
The only easy choice is Denis Potvin
Like I said, with how volatile defensemen can be I wouldn't risk it. Centers have been much easier to bank on, thats why less mystery around McDavid and Matthews. The only real whiff on forwards dating back to Stefan has been Yakupov and (to a lesser extent) Nuge
I'm not going to bet against him being a stud, just seems like the safer smarter bet to go with a proven commodity
Dahlin is too much of a mystery at this point, especially with how volataile 1OA dmen have been in the past
Give me the sure thing instead
Dahlin is too much of a mystery at this point, especially with how volataile 1OA dmen have been in the past
Give me the sure thing instead
Dahlin is generational. These types of players don't disappoint.
While yes, Dahlin is exceptional and could very well be generational (and I don't doubt it) that term gets thrown around WAY too muchDahlin is generational. These types of players don't disappoint.