Holy Mackerel! Sabres Win Dahlin Lottery!

[LGR4GM]

Mike Weber just talked to wgr about Dahlin. Kids generational.

[Wyldnwoody44]

I just watched a blip on YouTube where the sport center guys were saying that Dahlin is a best fit in Edmonton...... Seriously!?!?

[Derrico]

Hey Liger, any chance you could link the audio of the Webber interview?

[LGR4GM]

As soon as WGR loads it up. Might be another 30min

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Weber - I talked to Bogosian and he asked me if he's the real deal. Dahlin is a great locker room guy. He's really funny, and his work ethic is contagious. This is real. The guys are extremely excited about this kid. #Sabres

[Derrico]

Gentleman and a scholar.  Thanks Liger.

[LGR4GM]

  On 5/4/2018 at 12:41 PM, Derrico said:

Gentleman and a scholar.  Thanks Liger.

Here ya go: Weber on Dahlin

http://www.wgr550.com/media/audio-channel/05-04-former-sabres-defenseman-mike-weber-howard-and-jeremy-rasmus-dahlin

[inkman]

  On 5/4/2018 at 12:22 PM, Wyldnwoody44 said:

I just watched a blip on YouTube where the sport center guys were saying that Dahlin is a best fit in Edmonton...... Seriously!?!?

Cool they'll trade us McDavid for him, right?

[LGR4GM]

  On 5/4/2018 at 12:56 PM, inkman said:

Cool they'll trade us McDavid for him, right?

Connor McDavid is the only player on the Oilers I would trade Dahlin for. Yes, I think that highly of Rasmus Dahlin. 

[inkman]

  On 5/4/2018 at 1:01 PM, Skurk Liger said:

Connor McDavid is the only player on the Oilers I would trade Dahlin for. Yes, I think that highly of Rasmus Dahlin.

I was waiting for the "that's not enough" or "I wouldn't do that trade" posts.

[TrueBlueGED]

  On 5/4/2018 at 1:03 PM, inkman said:

I was waiting for the "that's not enough" or "I wouldn't do that trade" posts.

 

Followed closely by Oilers fan counter-proposals of Lucic and a 2nd for #1.

[Marions Piazza]

  On 5/4/2018 at 1:51 AM, Brawndo said:

https://www.tsn.ca/radio/toronto-1050/dahlin-olympic-experience-was-great-for-my-development-1.1075321

 

Dahlin was interviewed on Leafs Lunch Today.

 

Said Buffalo is cool and he likes chicken wings

+10 for not saying "Buffalo Wings" and there was no moention of Ranch either.  I think Dahlin will be fine

[Stoner]

  On 5/4/2018 at 12:21 PM, Skurk Liger said:

Mike Weber just talked to wgr about Dahlin. Kids generational.

Well, that settles that. Now let's work on his bust.

[That Aud Smell]

  On 5/4/2018 at 2:00 PM, PASabreFan said:

Well, that settles that. Now let's work on his bust.

 

Isn't there a parade in the thistle patch you could go rain on instead?

[Stoner]

  On 5/4/2018 at 2:04 PM, That Aud Smell said:

Isn't there a parade in the thistle patch you could go rain on instead?

This is my patch.

 

Fine. He's generational. He'll go into the Hall as a Sabre and not a Ranger.

[Derrico]

Thanks Liger!

[That Aud Smell]

  On 5/4/2018 at 2:12 PM, PASabreFan said:

This is my patch.

 

Fine. He's generational. He'll go into the Hall as a Sabre and not a Ranger.

 

A generational prospect, you mope.

[BuffaloBorn]

Would not trade Dahlin for McDavid..

[Derrico]

I've been burned by prospects before.  But it's hard to contain the hype.  Great Weber interview.

[LGR4GM]

  On 5/4/2018 at 3:12 PM, That Aud Smell said:

A generational prospect, you mope.

Rasmus Dahlin is a generational prospect. There has not been a defensive prospect like him maybe ever. I cannot stress enough how great of a prospect he is. Skill, speed, work ethic. 

[ubkev]

  On 5/4/2018 at 3:13 PM, BuffaloBorn said:

Would not trade Dahlin for McDavid..

Are high as giraffe balls..

[dudacek]

I fell into the camp of those who mostly ignored the draft this year, particularly Dahlin because I felt 18 per cent wasn’t worth getting my hopes up for. In the past week I’ve read and watched everything I could get my hands on.

 

Elite skating, passing, stick-handling and hockey sense.

Big enough, likes physical play, defensively responsible, coachable, liked by teammates, extremely competitive, and addicted to hockey.

Adequate shot.

 

If this kid played in Oshawa we’d be sick to death of the hype.

He is at least as good a prospect as Eichel.

Edited May 4, 2018 by dudacek

[That Aud Smell]

^

 

Good stuff.

 

I get the sense that he and Eichel are/were about even as prospects go (with an edge to Dahlin, I think), but it probably seems that close because Eichel plays the pivot.

 

I'm frickin' pumped.

[Randall Flagg]

The skating is a huge plus. The passing and the shot are huge pluses. 

 

The spatial awareness and understanding of what is going to happen next, which he exhibits at the point and in the slot, is something I've never seen from an NHL player. I'm not saying he's Gretzky, but I imagine that that is the trait that made Gretzky stand out. 

[Sabel79]

  On 5/4/2018 at 4:34 PM, Randall Flagg said:

The skating is a huge plus. The passing and the shot are huge pluses. 

 

The spatial awareness and understanding of what is going to happen next, which he exhibits at the point and in the slot, is something I've never seen from an NHL player. I'm not saying he's Gretzky, but I imagine that that is the trait that made Gretzky stand out. 

 

I haven't studied Dahlin much, but all of what made Gretzky great was the spatial awareness and ability to be ahead of the play in his brain.  That's it.  He didn't have the skating.  He had the passing.  The shot wasn't a cannon.  Dude was tiny and not all that strong.

 

If, and I mean it's a big IF, you're correct and Dahlin possesses all of the above... yikes.  

 

Still, it's a bit much right now... I keep telling myself.  

[dudacek]

  On 5/4/2018 at 4:34 PM, Randall Flagg said:

 

The spatial awareness and understanding of what is going to happen next, which he exhibits at the point and in the slot, is something I've never seen from an NHL player. I'm not saying he's Gretzky, but I imagine that that is the trait that made Gretzky stand out.

 

This. He seems to have all of Jack’s physical skills, but adds in the elite mental game.

 

I don’t want to pull out the Bobby Orr card because no one is Orr.

But he resembles Orr more than any player I have seen since.

 

We’ll see how he adjusts. He’s 17.

 

But I firmly believe his floor is Brian Leetch, and I will be surprised if he doesn’t pass Karlsson.