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

[bsu]

Dahlin will be McDavid level.

 

[Royal Thunder]

I don't even know what to say after that game. He's an absolute f***ing prodigy. Excitement is through the roof

 

[IPS]

Trust me, as a Buffalo fan I felt the same way when you guys got Babcock, Matthews + Marner, when Liljegren fell into your laps and when you signed JT... lol.

It’s tough because I (obviously) hate the leafs, but I love watching Matthews + Marner play.

Buffalo has a long way to go to catch up, but it’d be great if buffalo and Toronto had a legit playoff rivalry for years to come.



Yeah, Mittelstadt didn’t really stand out last night. Not exactly sure what was up with him, but he’s usually a lot more impressive when I’ve watched him play. I mean, he wasn’t bad or anything. Just didn’t stand out as much as usual.

Very curious to see how he does tonight.

Feel that way no more, Dahlin is a special player. It'd be really cool to see the Sabres push for a playoff spot this season.

 

[izzy]

hes so f***ing good boys

 

[Boxscore]

The way he took command of the ice in every way last night reminded me of a young Raymond Bourque, including the big hit.

 

[haulinbass]

Does Buffalo have the prospect tournaments streamed like the Traverse City prospect tournament? If so can someone share a link.

 

[Boxscore]

Does Buffalo have the prospect tournaments streamed like the Traverse City prospect tournament? If so can someone share a link.

It's blocked out for anyone outside of Buffalo on Sabres website. Last night, someone posted a YouTube link. I am hoping for the same tonight - I need my Dahlin fix.

 

[felixpettersson]

Why does it seem impossible to find a video/gif of the 1st overall pick's first pre-season goal

 

[felixpettersson]

Anyone that can help?

 

[JimboA]

Why does it seem impossible to find a video/gif of the 1st overall pick's first pre-season goal

There was no stream, unfortunately.

 

[novon04]

Someone posted the highlights here (last post on page 3):
https://hfboards.mandatory.com/thre...lo-sabres-sept-28-7-00pm-l-5-4.2549135/page-3

 

[JimboA]

Someone posted the highlights here (last post on page 3):
https://hfboards.mandatory.com/thre...lo-sabres-sept-28-7-00pm-l-5-4.2549135/page-3

Thanks a lot! I was hoping one of the teams would bring a camera.

 

[VictorLustig]

One of few bright spots for the Sabres in the 1st game. He will probably be forced to spend a majority of this season in his own zone though, maybe not a bad thing in the longer run.

 

[Aladyyn]

One of few bright spots for the Sabres in the 1st game. He will probably be forced to spend a majority of this season in his own zone though, maybe not a bad thing in the longer run.

It's actually kind of sad to see just how much better he is than all of our other defensemen.

 

[Sansbacon]

He was the best player on the ice for the Sabres last night... in his first game... as an 18 year old... playing one of the hardest positions in the game.

I don’t know how to feel about that, exactly.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

He's only going to get better with more games under his belt. Watch out in the 2nd half of the year. Playing D is the hardest thing for a 18 year old. When it clicks in for a player of Dahlin's talent, it will be a scary and wondrous thing to watch.

 

[Aerrol]

A lot of my fellow Oilers fans have enjoyed some snickering that Dahlin hasn't turned around the Sabres in one game, but I feel like they've totally forgotten that McDavid was also pretty tentative to start his rookie season. I expect Dahlin to do similarly (though maybe not as quickly jump to true superstardom) this year. He's impressed me in the preseason bits I caught.

 

[BAM]

Not generational

 

[sufferer]

Not generational

Already better than Rielly.

 

[BAM]

Already better than Rielly.

Whatever you say

 

[HaNotsri]

A lot of my fellow Oilers fans have enjoyed some snickering that Dahlin hasn't turned around the Sabres in one game, but I feel like they've totally forgotten that McDavid was also pretty tentative to start his rookie season. I expect Dahlin to do similarly (though maybe not as quickly jump to true superstardom) this year. He's impressed me in the preseason bits I caught.

McDavid had a way better supporting cast. You were reslly on your way to build something. Chiarelli really did a number on you...

Buffalo won’t be good for Dahlin. You learn way more from success and good mentors.

 

[Aerrol]

McDavid had a way better supporting cast. You were reslly on your way to build something. Chiarelli really did a number on you...

Buffalo won’t be good for Dahlin. You learn way more from success and good mentors.

I dunno about that. McDavids rookie season was a mess too and I think Buffalo SHOULD have enough pieces to work themselves into a playoff spot, but I feel like I've been saying that yearly for a while. I think prospects of Dahlin's calibre should grow with the challenge. They have long track records of doing so in the past. As long as Dahlin is getting ice time to develop, he'll be fine I think.

 

[BAM]

McDavid had a way better supporting cast. You were reslly on your way to build something. Chiarelli really did a number on you...

Buffalo won’t be good for Dahlin. You learn way more from success and good mentors.

To think they could've had:

LD-McDavid-XXX
Hall-Nuge-Eberle

And the pick that resulted in Barzal traded for Reinhart lmao so really:

LD-McDavid-XXX
Hall-Barzal-Eberle

And they got rid of that for Lucic, Reinhart and Larsson...

 

[IPS]

Hasn't looked good at all so far. A victim of hype. Poor kid might need a couple years to blossom but he's nowhere near what HFBoards makes him out to be.

Expectations seriously need to get tempered around here at times.

 

[kroypuck]

Hasn't looked good at all so far. A victim of hype. Poor kid might need a couple years to blossom but he's nowhere near what HFBoards makes him out to be.

Expectations seriously need to get tempered around here at times.

he's played 1 game lmao