John Eichel da GOAT
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Dahlin isn't even the best rookie defenceman this year. Heiskenen has been better.
Petterson isn't that great. Boeser is pretty much carrying Petterson out there. Like Boeser's hat trick today, that was all Boeser, nothing to do with Petterson.
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Both awesome but Dahlins upside is a generational defenceman who changes the way the position is played and viewed, Pettersson isn't even in that ballpark. And that's no slight to Pettersson he's going to be a top forward in the NHL for a long time. Short term though the calder race will be interesting. Rare for a young D to have this big of an impact but gonna be hard to beat Pettersson if he finishes ppg+.
And how has he done this? Not agreeing or disagreeing, just curious.
did you actually compare McDavid to Dahlin?
I think from a technique perspective some of what he does with his skating and edge work is to the point where it could change a lot of the teaching about skating. Watch his legs and the aggressive knee positioning and how fluidly he can switch edges on all his dekes. As a skating coach its so impressive to watch and kind of mind bending on some plays. Playstyle wise I think he could become the endpoint of the perfect modern defenceman that kind of started with how Karlsson played. He seems like he could be the guy that will be emulated by the next generation of kids. Not extremely likely he becomes that good obviously but I think its within the realm of reasonable possibilities.And how has he done this? Not agreeing or disagreeing, just curious.
5 points: Suddenly had a good game lmaoPettersson has a good game and suddenly there's 3 new pages in this thread?
Not true, it's about who has the most impressive rookie season. Just as an example, Ekblad wasn't the best rookie in 2014-15, or even the best rookie defenseman. But he still won.The calder is about who's better now, not who's going to have a greater career. They're both great and as a Swede it's exciting.
I would give the edge to Elias right now. Defenders usually have a hard time winning the calder since it's heavily point based.
Is that why this thread was dead for like 2 weeks?5 points: Suddenly had a good game lmao
The guy has like 28 points and looks like a superstar every time he is on the ice
I think from a technique perspective some of what he does with his skating and edge work is to the point where it could change a lot of the teaching about skating. Watch his legs and the aggressive knee positioning and how fluidly he can switch edges on all his dekes. As a skating coach its so impressive to watch and kind of mind bending on some plays. Playstyle wise I think he could become the endpoint of the perfect modern defenceman that kind of started with how Karlsson played. He seems like he could be the guy that will be emulated by the next generation of kids. Not extremely likely he becomes that good obviously but I think its within the realm of reasonable possibilities.
I mean the last 2.5 weeks he's played 6 games and has had 6 points, excluding his 5 point night yesterday. So maybe him gathering up points has just become expected.Is that why this thread was dead for like 2 weeks?
What part of "one of" did you fail to understand????Nothing to do with Eichel finally getting someone decent to play with then?
Just realized Heiskanen is at .5ppg and outscoring Dahlin. A lot better than him defensively so far and doing as well offensively.
Petterson has already compiled what would be a career-worthy highlight reel for most players in less than 30 games.
He's such a freak.
Yes, Dahlin is a bust and Heiskanen should win the Norris. We got that after the first 5 games.Just realized Heiskanen is at .5ppg and outscoring Dahlin. A lot better than him defensively so far and doing as well offensively.