Quoting: BuFfaLOFaN
Lets remember Adam Fox's rookie season he was the same age as Dahlin now.
Quoting: Shibbal18
Not to mention all D men just take longer to develop their play on average
Certainly dozens of other examples can be cited.
- Maybe Dahlin was drafted into a great team early in his career with a ton of talent? No.
- Maybe he had great coaches throughout his time in the NHL? Also no.
- Maybe he had a good experienced veteran mentor or good defensive partners? Again, no.
18-year-old defender is already having a hard time making his debut and playing in the top 4 in the NHL, and if you take all the terrible conditions and the idiot and charlatan Krugeer, it is not surprising that his development was not linear. Under Granato, he improved in defense, he is still good at making passes and breakouts, he is still dangerous in attack, he created dozens of chances this season for our strikers and now he would go at a PPG pace if they scored these chances. It is not his fault that Bjork, Skinner and other forwards cannot finishing after he creates these chances for them. Come on people, he's fine, and it will only improve and get more points when the marginal players in the lineup are replaced by Olofsson, Mitts, Tuch, Quinn, Peterka and Krebs.