I was only asking? My cousin lives in Buffalo, and we were having a convo about it, just wanted to see what you guys thought.
Was not trying to be rude?
He only answered???? I mean what has happened to make you think it’s an issue?
The team is over .500, Dahlin looks great defensively for a skinny 18 year old.
Think of asking this question to Leafs fans regarding Matthews as a rookie.
Because the only premise you gave for your question having any value, is that generally it’s hard for defenders to play as a teenager.
But that premise is only relevant with context. Like, interesting question if we were talking about a mid first round pick.
But the history of top two pick defenders is pretty heavily in favor of successful rookie years that were stepping stones to success. Ekblad was certainly best served in the nhl over destroying in juniors another year.
Doughty was great as a teenage rookie. So was Hedman and Potvin and most of those types of prospects.
So it’s less of a harsh response, or that you were being rude. It was just a dumb premise to ask, particularly since the player in question has looked very impressive.
