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Yeah, Dahlin is a better prospect than Matthews was and Hedman. That is why I would take him.
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The Winter Soldier
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In terms of hype before most recent drafts. I do think if Dahlin was a NA prospect. He would be 10x more hyped than Ekblad was.
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Auston Matthews is the 3rd best player in the world in terms of generating scoring chances at even strength.
Ever so slightly behind Crosby, and we can forget McDavid because he is a complete outlier in terms of this. Matthews has all the potential to be a top 2 player in the world soon.
Ever so slightly behind Crosby, and we can forget McDavid because he is a complete outlier in terms of this. Matthews has all the potential to be a top 2 player in the world soon.
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Dahlin is a generational prospect.
I'd rather have him than a guy who chokes in the playoffs
I'd rather have him than a guy who chokes in the playoffs
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Where was Dahlin these playoffs? Matthews had a solid playoff his rookie season and a disappointing one this year. Playoff warriors aren’t made overnight, he will have more cracks at the can.
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Matthews pretty easily at this point. It could change in the next couple years but at worst AM will be a 40 goal 70 pts player
he'd be perfect for the canucks because they never make it there
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at least that way there's no riots in Vancouver
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i would take matthews, and not worry about how good dahlin might be. for a new team just getting started, dahlin would be significantly more risk, for the potential for slightly more reward.
its easy to roll the dice when you're not paying the bill.
its easy to roll the dice when you're not paying the bill.
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Still more playoff success than the Leafs.
BTW, there’s two playoff appearances in that span. If you’re going to point that out, get the number of appearances right first.
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Exactly. It's easy to say Dahlin when there's no consequences. If anyone made that decision in real life they'd be a fool.
Yeah, I mean, it's not like he averaged a PPG at a 20-year-old or scored 40 goals as a 19-year-old. I mean, I'm sure Dahlin will easily win the Calder next year and be the best player on a playoff team as a rookie.
Dahlin isn't generational. He's a great prospect, but he isn't on par with McDavid or Crosby. There also aren't different categories of generational. They aren't separated by position or play type, and Dahlin won't be more valuable than McDavid, and I doubt he wins a Hart Trophy before he's 23, which pretty much every player labeled generational as a prospect since NHL expansion has done (Orr, Gretzky, Crosby, McDavid, Ovi, Lemieux and Lindros).
Randy Randerson
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Dahlin. As of right now Matthews is a 60ish point player and a playoff ghost. I will take the cornerstone Dman over the 60ish point center. Will Matthews get better? I hope so after these last Playoffs. Four different injuries this season including a concussion is also pretty telling.
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Sorry, 1 appearance in 12 years.
There, something to hang your hat on. Congrats!
So Matthews doesn't get any benefit of the doubt about missed games but Dahlin is a sure fire cornerstone defenseman?
I always always always pick the franchise C. Most important building block in hockey IMO. I'd take eichel over Dahlin too so it's not me being biased 
Could you at least try to not be incompetent?
2006 and 2016.
Congrats. TWO appearances in a 12 year span.
Boy, the Leafs have had.....three? Surely they've won a series in that span.
nickdawg95
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sabres defence is so bad i don't think we'd trade this pick for anything but Mcdank
Gotta go with Dahlin
Gotta go with Dahlin
The question though, isn't what your teams need. Its if you were starting a team with nothing, who would you take to build your franchise around.
I think in that scenario, you have to take Eichel or Matthews. For the Leafs, I'd probably take Eichel over Dahlin even with the cap-hit and weaker D. Just because of how sure a thing it is, and having 3 centers who can dominate play like this would wear teams down and off-set having sub-par D.
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If it's pre draft honestly It's 50/50 think i would go with dahlin he's a human highlight wheel and I can't remember the last time a D-man was doing what he is doing at his age. Edge Work, Skating , zone entry's, Hands, shooting, plays Physical and is Super smart with/without the puck he checks off all boxes for me. attitude and work ethic as well the kid is so humble and eager to get better at hockey he wants to be Karlson. Love his kid, Obviously yeah I'm a buffalo fan so I'm bias. If your'e talking empty roster and you have a choice between 3rd year matthews and 1st year dahlin yeah you'd be crazy to not pick matthews but at the same time if a kid has a chance / potential to be the best d-man in the league over a centre who has potential to be a top 5 centre in the league you gotta pick the D-man
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