Rasmus Dahlin Vs Adam Fox going forward?

[Pavels Dog]

Couldn’t care less how he compares to Dahlin. Maybe Dahlin becomes the best player in the league, or makes the HHOF. Good for him. Sabres fans deserve it.

Well.. it's.. it's.. what the thread is about...

 

[Bluesguru]

This year Dahlin looks like the next Erik Johnson. He probably won’t be but still, he has stunk this year. His game would be better suited on some other teams in NHL where he would excel but does that mean he’s great? He has a lot to prove going forward.

 

[AB13]

Dahlin is the second highest scoring teenage defenseman in NHL history. He is playing at a point per game pace on a horrendous team since Krueger got fired with defensive chops playing against the other teams top players and getting top minutes. Restrictive coaching and playing in a system that did not allow any creative freedom was genuinely almost the only reason he wasn't performing at the level expected. He is a generational talent and played like that in his first two NHL seasons. I do think he will be a tier above the other 3 elite young defensemen in Hughes, Makar and Fox going forward (I say that as a Rangers fan). I would take him over any NHL player not named McDavid going forward.

 

[dortt]

Dahlin looks like I expected him to be. That is a significantly better version of Brian Campbell. Granato is actually allowing him to play that way, while Krueger did stupid shit like benching him after starting last season with 7 points in 4 games (he wasn't playing the broken system)

 

[amnesiac]

have them switch team and its Dahlin by a mile

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Fox AINEC. Maybe Dahlins offense will catch up. Defense, highly unlikely

 

[PatrikBerglund]

If there is one franchise that can screw Dahlin's development up, it's Buffalo.

What was Fox doing in his 20-21 year old season?

 

[GOALOFSSON]

If Dahlin hits his potential, he'll almost be as good as Fox is right now.

I don't doubt he can match and even exceed Fox's offensive output, but he'll never be able to control the game defensively like Fox.

If Dahlin hits his potential this really is him very easily what are you saying.

Dahlin's potential is in a class of it's own.

Never change HF posters....never change.

Says the one who posted these lol

This is classic HF though with the amount of Fox ainec posts.

Absurd that anyone would vote Dahlin.

Dahlin dreams of becoming Adam Fox when he grows up.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

If Dahlin hits his potential this really is him very easily what are you saying.

Dahlin's potential is in a class of it's own.



Says the one who posted these lol

This is classic HF though with the amount of Fox ainec posts.

Fox is already in a class of his own

 

[GOALOFSSON]

Fox is already in a class of his own

So he will sweep the Norris this season?

I mean actually above every single one of his peers without question, by a noticeable margin.

 

[rangersfansince08]

Forrest through trees view. Long term outlook. Dahlin has the potential to be Pronger like.

I have no problem with somebody saying Dahlin. His potential is insane. But the AINEC added to it makes no sense.

I mean Fox is great defensively and has 43 P in 47 games this season playing some of the toughest minutes. What the hell are people expecting Dahlin to be? Bobby Orr?

 

[Zach716]

Revisiting this in 3 years when Dahlin is 23 should be fun.

 

[Dr Salt]

People are speaking of Dahlin's ceiling, which could be a Norris caliber defenseman, but ignore that Fox is already playing like one. Until and if Dahlin hits it, its unwise to not pick Fox here.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

So he will sweep the Norris this season?

I mean actually above every single one of his peers without question, by a noticeable margin.

He probably will, or at least he should.

 

[rangersfansince08]

Revisiting this in 3 years when Dahlin is 23 should be fun.

See the post below yours.

 

[The S5]

If Dahlin hits his potential this really is him very easily what are you saying.

Dahlin's potential is in a class of it's own.



Says the one who posted these lol

This is classic HF though with the amount of Fox ainec posts.

You bet and they are even more true today after Fox showed the Sabres who is the boss.

 

[GOALOFSSON]

You bet and they are even more true today after Fox showed the Sabres who is the boss.

Dahlin was pretty good too, nothing changed. Some of the pro Fox posts are going to be fun to look at.

Tokarski also says hello.

 

[Machinehead]

So he will sweep the Norris this season?

I mean actually above every single one of his peers without question, by a noticeable margin.

He won't, no, but he should.

I don't think there's an argument for another guy being the best defenseman in the league this season.

But the Norris is never about this season.

 

[GOALOFSSON]

He won't, no, but he should.

I don't think there's an argument for another guy being the best defenseman in the league this season.

But the Norris is never about this season.

Neither is this thread

 

[Zach716]

See the post below yours.

See the post above the post below mine.

 

[Machinehead]

Neither is this thread

You asked if was above his peers. Right now, yes.

 

[rangersfansince08]

Dahlin was pretty good too, nothing changed. Some of the pro Fox posts are going to be fun to look at.

Tokarski also says hello.

yea Dahlin might develop into what Fox already is. I'd rather have the sure thing.

 

[TruePowerSlave]

Dahlin still riding his draft hype. It doesn't even matter much how he performs on the ice in these polls.

 

[rangersfansince08]

If Dahlin hits his potential this really is him very easily what are you saying.

Dahlin's potential is in a class of it's own.



Says the one who posted these lol

This is classic HF though with the amount of Fox ainec posts.

HFBoards .. where somehow both Dahlin and Seider are generational, multiple Norris winning capable defenseman each in a class of their own (in addition to Makar of course-who offensively might actually have a case). Generations must be getting shorter.

 

[Samsonite23]

Fox is amazing. So this is like the ultimate troll poll. Because over the last month, it's pretty obvious why people are so high on Dahlin. Kreuger didn't let Dahlin play AT ALL. So he legit wasn't good (which most Sabres fans didn't even think was possible). But as soon as Kreuger was gone, he turns into a complete stud. The last 30 days or so, he's had:

13 games
11 points
23 min/game
51.1 CF%
53.4 SF%
57.9 GF%
51.2 xGF%
54.7% HDCF%

....ON THE BUFFALO SABRES. Imagine if the Sabres PP wasn't complete trash right now. He'd have a bunch more points since he's nuts on the PP. Watching him, he's been completely bossing games. He's been solid defensively and crazy good on the puck. There's a good chance he competes for the Norris next season IMO.

There's legit reason to like him more than Fox for the future. But Fox is already great , so if you don't watch Dahlin all the time, your first thought would be to call everybody talking up Dahlin stupid. It's not that Fox isn't great lol. Nobody is saying that.