nah, just some people might think that a kid who has not played on North American ice, might have a bit of a transition period here especially at a position that typically takes time to develop...but the funny thing is you somehow think that I have the opinion that Dahlin won't be good or whatever...it boggles the mind sometimes on here when someone can just point out that a difference of opinion is good, and that not every #1 overall pick has panned out to be the best player from that draft regardless of how HF/scouting said he would be.
I think Dahlin will be a wonderful player, but just because someone has been ranked #1 for a while, especially at defense, doesn't mean other players over their career will not have a chance to pass him by. It has happened before and it will happen again.
From this you say your reasoning for Dahlin potentially not being as good as Hughes is:
The difference in the NA game
That not all #1 over picks pan out to be the best player from that draft
A difference of opinion is good
The difference in the NA game doesn't effect players of certain calibers. If anything, he'll thrive in a tighter game as he covers a ton of ground and can work out of a phone booth.
Not all #1 picks pan out, so that somehow depicts how good Dahlin is versus Hughes? That's an absurd statement that makes zero sense and I regret having spent even this much time discussing it. (I mean, fine, let's pretend and just make Hughes the #1 pick. Well, guess what? Not all #1 picks pan out? Like, wtf are you even trying to say here?)
Differences of opinions are good when the opinion is a well reasoned and thought out, with insight and at least a different angle on the matter.
You do just take random shots in the dark at far fetched predictions and hope they stick, so apparently you can bring them up years past and cite them as some sort of proof you're an expert.