I thought this may be an interesting tidbit to look at.
This is the company Dahlin would be in if he is chosen numero uno. This list is the historical data from every draft since the beginning where a dman was chosen 1st overall.
1966 Boston Bruins - Barry Gibbs
1967 LA Kings - Rick Pagnutti
1973 New York Islanders - Denis Potvin
1974 Washington Capitals - Greg Joly
1976 Washington Capitals - Rick Green
1979 Colorado Rockies - Rob Ramage
1982 Boston Bruins - Gord Kluzak
1992 Tampa Bay Lightning - Roman Hamrlik
1994 Florida Panthers - Eddie Jovanovski
1995 New York Islanders - Brian Berard
1996 Ottawa Senators - Chris Phillips
2006 St Louis Blues - Erik Johnsson
2015 Florida Panthers - Aaron Ekblad
Notes:
1. ONLY Berard and Ekblad won rookie of the year
2. Since 1963 (when the draft first started ONLY 7 players [forwards and defensemen] have won rookie of the year.)
3. The only D gamechanger is Denis Potvin and maybe Jovanovski and if Berard was able to play a full career with BOTH his eyes, I think he'd be part of that group too.
4. Seems there is more to it than picking first overall and there are definitely NO guarantees Dahlin will be the player to become the next great 1D
5. 1995 draft was the only draft that a dman was taken 1, 2 AND 3 - Berard, Redden and Berg (Aki Berg)
I thought this may be an interesting tidbit to look at.
This is the company Dahlin would be in if he is chosen numero uno. This list is the historical data from every draft since the beginning where a dman was chosen 1st overall.
1966 Boston Bruins - Barry Gibbs
1967 LA Kings - Rick Pagnutti
1973 New York Islanders - Denis Potvin
1974 Washington Capitals - Greg Joly
1976 Washington Capitals - Rick Green
1979 Colorado Rockies - Rob Ramage
1982 Boston Bruins - Gord Kluzak
1992 Tampa Bay Lightning - Roman Hamrlik
1994 Florida Panthers - Eddie Jovanovski
1995 New York Islanders - Brian Berard
1996 Ottawa Senators - Chris Phillips
2006 St Louis Blues - Erik Johnsson
2015 Florida Panthers - Aaron Ekblad
Notes:
1. ONLY Berard and Ekblad won rookie of the year
2. Since 1963 (when the draft first started ONLY 7 players [forwards and defensemen] have won rookie of the year.)
3. The only D gamechanger is Denis Potvin and maybe Jovanovski and if Berard was able to play a full career with BOTH his eyes, I think he'd be part of that group too.
4. Seems there is more to it than picking first overall and there are definitely NO guarantees Dahlin will be the player to become the next great 1D
5. 1995 draft was the only draft that a dman was taken 1, 2 AND 3 - Berard, Redden and Berg (Aki Berg)
maybe just maybe GMs are horrible at picking dmen near the top?
Karlsson went 15th
Doughty 2nd (fair enough after stamkos) Bogo 3rd, Pietrangelo 4th
in a redraft the 3 dman could easily be 1,2,3
Drouin picked before seth jones...dumb
dylan strome over werenski,provorov..dumb
a. nylander over mcavoy,sergachev, chychrun...too soon to tell but not looking good.
dahlin is the most hyped dman in 20+ years. he is gonna be good. draisaitl wont get anywhere near that.
Leon looks like a solid 25-30g/65-80pt guy but yeah franchise he is not. dahlin will be