Petterson or Dahlin?

[Avsboy]

I go with Dahlin. The size difference really matters

 

[EichHart]

Dahlin is unreal. That lottery win was the best thing to ever happen to this franchise

 

[Breakers]

Dahlin seems to be better getting with every game which is what you want

Vancouver leads the league in penalties by a lot, and Pettersson can't seem to get into a flow of the game sitting on the bench for massive stretches.
Pettersson is cooling off, but still playing well on a team who has lost 9 straight games.

 

[thebigbea]

dahlin for sure coming up with Pettersson struggling. But ppl need to understand why Pettersson been struggling. His team takes the most penalties so he’s hardly into the game. And 2 of their best forward is out and 2 of their best defensive center is out. He’s doing way too much and teams are also looking for him now.

 

[MrThomas]

I’ll take the Russian Heiskinen. He is the best rookia. Just scored 2 goals! So proud man!

 

[Ainec]

I’ll take the Russian Heiskinen. He is the best rookia. Just scored 2 goals! So proud man!

loll

 

[Sakujo]

Than you're either trolling or don't understand hockey at all. Both answers mean that you are wasting people's time by posting this.

Liljegren is better than both imo

 

[Ainec]

dahlin for sure coming up with Pettersson struggling. But ppl need to understand why Pettersson been struggling. His team takes the most penalties so he’s hardly into the game. And 2 of their best forward is out and 2 of their best defensive center is out. He’s doing way too much and teams are also looking for him now.

the reason (no Edler):

Vegas Golden Knights roster if 30 GMs gets to make the pick for Vegas

 

[SillyRabbit]

Put Dahlen on the Canucks and he’d look a LOT worse.

Put Pettersson on the Sabres and he’d be top 5 in NHL scoring.

Quality of teammates matters.

 

[Shootica]

Put Dahlen on the Canucks and he’d look a LOT worse.

Put Pettersson on the Sabres and he’d be top 5 in NHL scoring.

Quality of teammates matters.

Dahlin is not being carried by his teammates, if anything it's the other way around. He would look just as good on any other team.

 

[TeddyBare]

Liljegren is better than both imo

I'm detecting a hint of sarcasm

 

[Kcb12345]

Comparing forwards to dmen is just awful. I've never liked it. Hard to appreciate how good a dman is until you actually watch them play enough to notice specific things in their game that they do really well and how they perform on both sides of the puck.

And in the end, it's just about what your team needs anyways if you were to pick one. A lot of people hating on either player have clearly not seen the other play

 

[Jeremy2020]

Dahlin has been on the ice for something like 17 out of 28 goals for Sabres in the last 8 games

 

[OilCanada92]

Taking Petterson over Dahlin will likely eventually be seen as similar to someone preferring Duchene over Hedman in 2009-2011 because forwards tend to be better at a younger age.

 

[Ainec]

Dahlin is not being carried by his teammates, if anything it's the other way around. He would look just as good on any other team.

on most teams Dahlin will look amazing. The team he won't will be the Canucks without Pettersson

imagine your team with no Eichel Skinner

 

[Ainec]

Taking Petterson over Dahlin will likely eventually be seen as similar to someone preferring Duchene over Hedman in 2009-2011 because forwards tend to be better at a younger age.

Hedman, like most D took longer to develop but you are comparing a Norris winner with a center that's never been top 20 in the league

Pettersson will, and Dahlin most likely will contend for Norris' but he hasn't won one yet. Not a fair call-back

 

[OilCanada92]

Hedman, like most D took longer to develop but you are comparing a Norris winner with a center that's never been top 20 in the league

Pettersson will, and Dahlin most likely will contend for Norris' but he hasn't won one yet. Not a fair call-back

Judge the comparison based on how they were viewed back in 2009-2011 and not how it has played out. There were a lot of people who preferred him over Tavares. They were neck and neck. People thought Duchene was going to be a superstar. Even if he had reached that level, he likely still wouldn't have been as good as Hedman is today.

 

[Ainec]

Judge the comparison based on how they were viewed back in 2009-2011 and not how it has played out. There were a lot of people who preferred him over Tavares. They were neck and neck. People thought Duchene was going to be a superstar. Even if he had reached that level, he likely still wouldn't have been as good as Hedman is today.

There were doubts on Hedman, no question about that. I was a Tavares fan boy so I always dismissed the notion that Duchene was on his level. I believe that was mostly from JT skating critics and Colorado fans.

Anyways the top 10 centers in 2009, are still in the top 10 now and above Duchene. He mostly had hype in Denver but not the national media

 

[Satanphonehome]

Dahlin has 9 points in 12 games and is +6 in November.
He’s moved into a tie for the top 20 in defencemen scoring with Doughty, Klingberg and Werenski, just ahead of Ekman-Larsson, Theodore and Gostisbehere

 

[5 Minute Major]

Put Dahlen on the Canucks and he’d look a LOT worse.

Put Pettersson on the Sabres and he’d be top 5 in NHL scoring.

Quality of teammates matters.

Dahlin was put on a team that was 31 overall last April.

 

[PatrikBerglund]

Dahlin seems to be better getting with every game which is what you want

Vancouver leads the league in penalties by a lot, and Pettersson can't seem to get into a flow of the game sitting on the bench for massive stretches.
Pettersson is cooling off, but still playing well on a team who has lost 9 straight games.

Pettersson's supporting cast is horrible.

Not even McDavid could make Goldobin and whoever look good.

 

[lawrence]

Comparing forwards to dmen is just awful. I've never liked it. Hard to appreciate how good a dman is until you actually watch them play enough to notice specific things in their game that they do really well and how they perform on both sides of the puck.

And in the end, it's just about what your team needs anyways if you were to pick one. A lot of people hating on either player have clearly not seen the other play

I'm personally a little surprised. Reading about Dhalin in the Dhalin thread, and then you can read about Pettersson in the Pettersson thread, it's pretty obvious who is actually the better player.

to be honest, saying

"Elias Pettersson is the Canucks best player this season" holds far more truth then

"Rasmus Dhalin is the Sabres best dman". he's not even their best dman, let alone best player on the team.

anyways I leave it like that. Go on hfboards.com.

 

[GellMann]

on most teams Dahlin will look amazing. The team he won't will be the Canucks without Pettersson

imagine your team with no Eichel Skinner

Our team just spent five years putting up so few wins that the gap between them and the next worst team in that span was twice the size of the gap between any other two teams.

You don't need to tell us to picture what a bad Sabres team looks like.

Dahlin and the transition game he brings from the back end is a huge reason why we're better.

 

[Aladyyn]

Pettersson's supporting cast is horrible.

Not even McDavid could make Goldobin and whoever look good.

Pettersson's on-ice stats are horrendous away from Goldobin though?

 

[Aladyyn]

I'm personally a little surprised. Reading about Dhalin in the Dhalin thread, and then you can read about Pettersson in the Pettersson thread, it's pretty obvious who is actually the better player.

to be honest, saying

"Elias Pettersson is the Canucks best player this season" holds far more truth then

"Rasmus Dhalin is the Sabres best dman". he's not even their best dman, let alone best player on the team.

anyways I leave it like that. Go on hfboards.com.

If you don't think Dahlin is our best defenseman then you need to stop watching hockey with your eyes closed.