LD Rasmus Dahlin (2018, 1st, BUF) Part 3

[Moskau]

...his skating is good but not great? I honestly can’t tell if you’re serious.

His edge work and agility is incredible but his actual skating speed could use some power.

 

[Agent Zub]

...his skating is good but not great? I honestly can’t tell if you’re serious.

yes not every prospect is perfect.

Dahlin could get a lot better in terms of top speed and acceleration.

 

[ZEBROA]

If he aint got a dubble hattrick before the season ends he is a bust. Zero points last game.. that is bad.

 

[FinnishSniper]

yes not every prospect is perfect.

Dahlin could get a lot better in terms of top speed and acceleration.

Exactly, the kid is fairly slow right now in terms of top speed, but I’d say he will be a great skater when he gets some more power to those legs!

 

[Artorius Horus T]

Holy **** 6 goals already?!? and 29 points...never in my wildest dreams could of pictured him scoring this many goals
and points for that matter in his rookie season,..all together, good for him. - good job -

Though...most of his assists are secondary, so there's that and the fact that he is getting loads of ice time too.

I think people should hold their horses with Dahlin, one Cam Fowler was going to be the next Scott Niedermayer for the Ducks
after his franchise braking rookie season,...but...that, didn't happen, his rookie season (points wisely) is still his best season in his career.

 

[JAS 39 Gripen]

Holy **** 6 goals already?!? and 29 points...never in my wildest dreams could of pictured him scoring this many goals
and points for that matter in his rookie season,..all together, good for him. - good job -

Though...most of his assists are secondary, so there's that and the fact that he is getting loads of ice time too.

I think people should hold their horses with Dahlin, one Cam Fowler was going to be the next Scott Niedermayer for the Ducks
after his franchise braking rookie season,...but...that, didn't happen, his rookie season (points wisely) is still his best season in his career.

Since when is that a bad thing for an 18 year old defencemen?....Thats something you'd expect from a great defencemen as well.

I can see from your post that youre a "stats-watcher". If you think that makes your knowledge of evaluating prospects such as Dahlin 'good', then good for ya

 

[gretskidoo]

If he doesn't end up at least 1.5 PPG by the end of the season, it's time to realize he's a bust. When you're not Finnish, you get a -1.25 to your PPG.

 

[JAS 39 Gripen]

If he doesn't end up at least 1.5 PPG by the end of the season, it's time to realize he's a bust. When you're not Finnish, you get a -1.25 to your PPG.

Dont forget that age dosnt even matter. 1 year, 2 years etc have no impact on your development when youre that young.

 

[Thebesthockey]

hows ekblad doing.....

 

[sufferer]

Holy **** 6 goals already?!? and 29 points...never in my wildest dreams could of pictured him scoring this many goals
and points for that matter in his rookie season,..all together, good for him. - good job -

Though...most of his assists are secondary, so there's that and the fact that he is getting loads of ice time too.

I think people should hold their horses with Dahlin, one Cam Fowler was going to be the next Scott Niedermayer for the Ducks
after his franchise braking rookie season,...but...that, didn't happen, his rookie season (points wisely) is still his best season in his career.

 

[PatrikBerglund]

hows ekblad doing.....

Decent.

But he was the most sheltered entity since France's army during WW2, in his rookie season.

 

[King In The North]

Awesome for Buffalo.

 

[Team Cozens]

He's close to pacing for 10 goals, 40 assists and 50 points which would be simply amazing.

 

[Boxscore]

He's close to pacing for 10 goals, 40 assists and 50 points which would be simply amazing.

It would be amazing - considering he still isn't a full-time fixture on the top PP.

 

[Havok89]

hows ekblad doing.....

Not being carried by Brian Campbell

 

[1972]

hows ekblad doing.....

Not bad, and he doesn’t have never the talent that Dahl’s does

 

[1972]

Holy **** 6 goals already?!? and 29 points...never in my wildest dreams could of pictured him scoring this many goals
and points for that matter in his rookie season,..all together, good for him. - good job -

Though...most of his assists are secondary, so there's that and the fact that he is getting loads of ice time too.

I think people should hold their horses with Dahlin, one Cam Fowler was going to be the next Scott Niedermayer for the Ducks
after his franchise braking rookie season,...but...that, didn't happen, his rookie season (points wisely) is still his best season in his career.

You literally just have to watch him play one game and you can see guys like Cam Fowler never had the skills that Dahlin does. Dahlin is no different then Mathews, McDavid or Eichel except he’s a defenceman.

 

[1972]

...his skating is good but not great? I honestly can’t tell if you’re serious.

He’s lateral movement and edges are fantastic, his explosiveness and speed are not at the elite level of a Heiskanen for example.

A defender doesn’t really need to be a burner though, some of the best D to ever play couldn’t skate a million miles an hour.

 

[wetcoast]

You literally just have to watch him play one game and you can see guys like Cam Fowler never had the skills that Dahlin does. Dahlin is no different then Mathews, McDavid or Eichel except he’s a defenceman.

Pretty much this.

He is the most exciting Dman prospect since Denis Potvin IMO.

 

[Boxscore]

Erik Karlsson had 5 goals, 21 assists and 26 points in 60 GP as a rookie. Dahlin already has 6/23/29 in 52.

 

[SabresSharks]

So calm, so smooth, so crafty. So much fun to watch.

 

[Boxscore]

So calm, so smooth, so crafty. So much fun to watch.

If Dahlin was a PP1 fixture this season, he'd finish with something like 10 goals / 42 assists / 52 points - which would be amazing for an 18 year old rookie - and would even put him in serious contention with Pettersson for the Calder. Blame Housley for that boneheaded decision.

 

[alko]

Why are many people obsessed with points? He is a Defensman. Points are good, but lets focus to his defensive play. Its hard to measure, that is true, but i think we have here some true experts.

 

[13 others]

Why are many people obsessed with points? He is a Defensman. Points are good, but lets focus to his defensive play. Its hard to measure, that is true, but i think we have here some true experts.

You win games by scoring more goals than the other team. Any points he gets are just as good as preventing goals. That's the role of modern dmen.

 

[Phil McKraken]

Why are many people obsessed with points? He is a Defensman. Points are good, but lets focus to his defensive play. Its hard to measure, that is true, but i think we have here some true experts.

It's pretty simple, the further you go up the ice, the harder your job becomes, so in simplified terms offense is more valuable than defense. Saying "he's a defenseman" is more semantics than an argument about what his focus should be; in Swedish he's a "back".