Quoting: DongLord23
Points are pretty much useless for evaluating a defenceman. You should know that. If you give any d man a boat load of minutes + time on the PP they'll put up points. Just like Risto did. Racking up secondary assists doesn't mean you're having a positive impact to your team.
I literally just told you how to assess defenders. It's like you just ignored everything I wrote. Dahlin fails at everything. He struggles with the eye test. His metrics aren't good. He's not great at driving play. Most Sabres fans that aren't homers would agree with that. This really screams you being extremely defensive over your own team's player.
Being a Sabres fan makes you inherently biased. Fans of their own team tend to overrate their own players. I have watched plenty of Sabres games. You assuming that I don't watch because I disagree with you was just very dumb.
This is just nonsense, since there are different defenders, you have to evaluate all aspects of a player's play, not just defensive play, but even here Dahlin has improved compared to previous seasons. But then again, you now have to take and compare Dahlin's metrics in 10 games with Butcher and in 6 games with Pysyk, this is to be objective, because I am sure that the quality of the partner also affects the game and the metrics. Risto has played 25+ minutes per game in recent seasons and accumulated his 40 points. Dahlin played for 18-20 minutes and scored about the same number of points. Dahlin scores points not only at PP. Look how he starts the attacks, see how he takes the puck out of the zone, his breakouts, he is very good at this, and this is very important for the team, but you apparently do not take this into account. He has improved in defense and near the boards.
You talk nonsense over and over again, he doesn't struggle with an eye test, where did you see that at all?
You've watched a lot of Sabers games and you misjudge the players, and I never overestimate my players if I see a player playing badly every game, that's what I say. Dahlin didn't play bad every game, and you're just lying. I gave you a lot of facts, but you just ignore them and keep talking nonsense.
I don’t know why continue to argue, if you say nonsense every time, it’s easier to ignore people like you, because people like you completely ignore what tell you and try to adjust the situation for themselves. Goodbye.