I mean this is a hockey board, where should you have debates if not here? And both sides are giving valid arguments. What has your contribution been to this topic?
First of all, it's not even debatable if we're talking about this season. Second, Buffalo's record isn't even that much better. To start the season, Buffalo was much better while Dallas was terrible, and now it's the opposite. There, however, are significant differences when it comes down to which of the two actually was more influential to their team's success. Dahlin received significant criticism for his play, especially defensively, and he's #4 on the team for ice time among defensemen. Taking the immense PP time into account, that means that he's getting some massively sheltered 5v5 minutes.
Except Dahlin can't do shit when they aren't on the PP because the D are literally coached to play on the point 90% of the time unless we desperately need a goal so none of his creativity on offense that was used last year can be used at even strength. He also doesn't get the most time with the only working line on the Sabres.....every time he tries to do a risky play he's worried about getting benched because for some reason RK has him on a short leash. Its also not his fault the Sabres couldn't hit an empty net if they wanted to.
I think Hughes Makar and Miro are the top 3 going forward. I always thought of Rasmus as a bit overrated and was roasted for prefering Hughes, but looking at how good Q has been defensively on a team that has to many breakdowns at forward that lead to sustained pressure yet when he's on the ice the puck seems to be in the other end a lot more.
How would you know which one is going to be better in the future? Got a crystal ball hidden somewhere?
He was drafted earlier and had more pre-draft hype, so we should ignore everything happening on the ice as well as all the player's tools, and just go by pre-draft predictions instead.
Give your head a shake because you have no f***ing clue is going to be better in the future. However, if the past+present dictates the future then it points to Miro but it could be Dahlin.
I don't know and I definitely won't complain if Heiskanen is better. Sorry if you misunderstood what I was saying, I didn't mean it mean it is what definitely happens.
Buffalo is a death punch for promising defensemen. Dahlin has the tools but if he stays in Buffalo i have a feeling he will be the next Tyler Myers.
The strength of team especially matters here because of how much of a contributor Heiskanen is to the Stars being a good team. Heiskanen is a key player in the team's success. He plays a lot of hard minutes in all situations against the opposition's best players. Heiskanen isn't good because the Stars are good as much as the Stars are good because Heiskanen is great.
Posting my reply here since in the other thread it's Marner vs Heiskanen, so I do not want to go off topic in that thread. Anyways...
