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If you are up at Number 1 Overall in 2018 and are locked in on a defenseman, which way do you go with what you know now?
Most 1st overalls land into a somewhat toxic environment. Good teams usually don’t get that pickWhat would I know now? That the 2018 Buffalo Sabres are a pool of toxic waste, fueled by the attitude of Jack Eichel which is only going to get worse?
The factor of the team Rasmus Dahlin landed into cannot be underestimated.
Eh really depends. Dahlin suffered to pave the way for a perfect situation for PowerMost 1st overalls land into a somewhat toxic environment. Good teams usually don’t get that pick
So compare Dahlin to Ekblad, or to Eric Johnson, not to Hughes.Hughes, Dahlin has to be one of the most overrated since Yakupov
Most 1st overalls land into a somewhat toxic environment. Good teams usually don’t get that pick
If he can, that’ll be absolutely fantastic.Eh really depends. Dahlin suffered to pave the way for a perfect situation for Power
Non Sabres fans just have no idea what Krueger did to everybody, Dahlin especially. Completely neutered the best parts of his game and never let the young guys try things. Shattered their confidence. Put Jeff Skinner on the 4th line for an entire season (lol). Just buffoonery to hire a soccer manager as a hockey coach. He’s gonna have a monster season in a good situation for the first time ever. There won’t be any excuses, yet he won’t need any. I’ve never had higher conviction on a player guaranteed to show the league his worth than Dahlin this coming season.
Season after next this season i expect 55-65 points with above average defense this season and after that 70-80 points with near elite defense or elite defense with 65-75 points after that with a couple peak seasons getting the norrisEh really depends. Dahlin suffered to pave the way for a perfect situation for Power
Non Sabres fans just have no idea what Krueger did to everybody, Dahlin especially. Completely neutered the best parts of his game and never let the young guys try things. Shattered their confidence. Put Jeff Skinner on the 4th line for an entire season (lol). Just buffoonery to hire a soccer manager as a hockey coach. He’s gonna have a monster season in a good situation for the first time ever. There won’t be any excuses, yet he won’t need any. I’ve never had higher conviction on a player guaranteed to show the league his worth than Dahlin this coming season.
What would I know now? That the 2018 Buffalo Sabres are a pool of toxic waste, fueled by the attitude of Jack Eichel which is only going to get worse?
The factor of the team Rasmus Dahlin landed into cannot be underestimated.
Most 1st overalls land into a somewhat toxic environment. Good teams usually don’t get that pick
So compare Dahlin to Ekblad, or to Eric Johnson, not to Hughes.
Expansion bro teams arguing.tbf quinn hughes was also drafted into one of the most toxic team environments in recent history
a ridiculously stupid management team that was given seven and a half years, and a trust fund baby owner playing fantasy shadow-gm, which (along with a garbage coaching staff) so completely demoralized the team that guys who skated into the league as fully formed all-stars went into years-long regressions and malaises (boeser and pettersson). which gave away the still excellent player who would have mentored hughes and insulated him and allowed him to grow (tanev), who hughes personally advocated we retain, to throw money at far worse players (myers, then OEL).
coached by travis green, whose defensive “systems” were historically bad and most of the time amoubted to basically “markstrom,” and later “demko.” who routinely played garbage vets that after they left here never played in the league again over young guys, on teams that were almost always in the bottom five.
which had jake virtanen (whose professional commitment hughes publicly called out as they were going into the bubble), hamonic (a rollercoaster i still don’t really understand), gudbranson and brandon sutter openly throwing the young players they were brought in to mentor under the bus in the media to cover up their own failures, conspiracy theorist nutjob adam gaudette bringing covid to the team and the complete managerial incompetence that kept everyone together so it could decimate practically the entire organization and alter brandon sutter’s longterm health and lead to multiple players openly calling out management (jt miller, horvat), including veteran players flat out quitting the team (most notably nate schmidt and career-long canuck edler)
Expansion bro teams arguing.
"We're more toxic." "No, *we're* more toxic."
Good luck, Canucks fans. They're both fantastic young players.
This was my first post and I was lostThis is the By The Numbers forum. Where are the numbers?