Quoting: ChiHawk
1000% Dach was drafted 2 years later and jumped right into the league. Compare Dach next season to Suzuki this past season and it's more of a level playing field if you want to compare them despite 2 year draft years apart. Dach gets the nod as he's bigger, better possession and defensive upside.
Quoting: thesaadfather
Absolutely. Suzuki is a great player, but Dach is 2 years younger, bigger, and ahead of where Suzuki was at his age. Dach took a massive step forward during the year. Hell, he was leading the Hawks in ice time at points in the playoffs and holding his own with the guy who won the Hart this year.
Kotkaniemi played at 18 yo doesn't mean he was better than Suzuki
Suzuki did ****ing well at 19yo we can't complain about is 19 yo season
He started the year playing on the 4th line with Cousins/Weal/Thompson and manage to end the year being the #1 center and was our best forward by far in these playoffs.
Manage to put 41 points despite playing 4th line minutes at the beginning in Claude Julien system ( which is something lol )
But I didn't watch enough of Dach, only highlights ( regular season only ) and his goal looks like garbage goals / huge rebound with an empty net ( good thing he's driving the net I'm not roasting him at ALL )
Again he was super young and making the team at 18 is always something