Rasmus Dahlin
Date of birth | April 13, 2000 |
place of birth | Trollhättan , Sweden |
size | 189 cm |
Weight | 83 kg |
position | defender |
number | # 26 |
Shot hand | Left |
Draft | |
NHL Entry Draft |
2018 , 1st round, 1st position Buffalo Sabers |
Career stations | |
until 2015 | HC Lidköping |
2015-2018 | Frölunda HC |
since 2018 | Buffalo Sabers |
Rasmus Dahlin (born April 13, 2000 in Trollhättan ) is a Swedish ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Buffalo Sabers in the National Hockey League since July 2018 . The defender is considered one of the greatest talents in world ice hockey and was accordingly selected as the first overall draft pick by the Sabers in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft .
Career
youth
Rasmus Dahlin went through the youth departments of HC Lidköping from Lidköping , not far from his hometown Trollhättan. The defender played his first ten men's games for HC in the 2014/15 season at the age of 14 in fifth-class Division 3 . He then moved to Frölunda HC in Gothenburg for the 2015/16 season , where he was mainly used in the J18 Allsvenskan , the highest, and in the J18 Elit , the second highest Swedish division at U18 level.
Back in October 2016, Dahlin made his debut for Frölunda in Svenska Hockeyligan (SHL), Sweden's highest professional league, and was the first player in the league to be born in the 2000s. He also promptly scored one goal and one assist , making him the second youngest goalscorer in SHL history (after Oliver Kylington , 2013). During the season, the defender completed 40 league games for Frölunda and also won the Champions Hockey League with the team . At the same time, the Swede was also on the ice in 25 games for the club's U20s in the J20 SuperElit , the country's highest junior league. At the beginning of the 2017/18 season he established himself in the professional team of Frölunda HC.
NHL
Dahlin is considered one of the greatest talents in world ice hockey and was traded early on as a likely first overall draft pick in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft . Above all, his technical and offensive qualities were emphasized, so he is considered an outstanding skater and passer. In this context, comparisons have already been made with Erik Karlsson , who also stands out as an offensive defender and was trained in Frölunda. In the actual draft he was, as expected, selected in first overall position by the Buffalo Sabers and thus became the second Swede after Mats Sundin ( 1989 ), who was considered first overall in the draft. The Sabers provided Dahlin with an entry-level contract in July 2018 .
In the pre-season that followed, Dahlin earned a place in the Sabers squad and made his debut in the NHL in early October 2018. In November 2018 he was named Rookie of the Month by the NHL . Overall, he got 44 points during the season, placing him third on the rookie scorer list . In addition, as an 18-year-old defender in NHL history, only his coach Phil Housley scored more points than Dahlin, who outperformed Bobby Orr in this regard . He finished his first NHL season with 44 points from 82 games and was included in the NHL All-Rookie Team . In the following year, he roughly confirmed these statistics, but required significantly fewer games in the shortened 2019/20 season (59).
International
Dahlin gained his first international experience at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2016 , in which he took fourth place with the Swedish U18 selection, as well as almost six months later at the U20 World Cup 2017 . In the latter, the defender became the youngest player of all time to wear the Tre Kronor jersey in a U20 World Cup. In April 2017, he made his debut a few days after his 17th birthday in a friendly against Belarus in Sweden's senior team , making him the third youngest player in history and the youngest player in almost 60 years to play for Tre Kronor . Two more missions followed at the Karjala Cup as part of the Euro Hockey Tour in November 2017.
Then Dahlin was again part of the Swedish squad at the U20 World Cup in 2018 , in which the team was only defeated in the final of the Canadian selection . Dahlin was named best defender with six assists in seven games and was voted into the tournament's all-star team. In May 2018, Dahlin was banned for his behavior during the medal ceremony - as were some of his teammates and coaches - for two games of the 2019 U20 World Cup .
In January 2018 it was announced that Dahlin had been appointed to the Swedish squad for the 2018 Winter Olympics . He benefited from the decision of the National Hockey League not to interrupt the season for this Olympiad and thus ban their players from participating. In Pyeongchang, the team finally finished fifth, although the defender only played two games.
Achievements and Awards
- 2017 Champions Hockey League win with Frölunda HC
- 2018 silver medal at the U20 World Cup
- 2018 best defender and election to the all-star team of the U20 World Cup
- 2018 NHL Rookie of the Month for November
- 2019 NHL All-Rookie Team
Career statistics
Status: end of the 2019/20 season
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | ||
2014/15 | HC Lidköping | Division 3 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6th | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
2015/16 | Frölunda HC J18 | J18 Allsvenskan | 17th | 3 | 8th | 11 | +9 | 12 | 6th | 0 | 3 | 3 | +5 | 2 | ||
2015/16 | Frölunda HC J20 | J20 SuperElit | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2016/17 | Frölunda HC J20 | J20 SuperElit | 24 | 9 | 13 | 22nd | +18 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | ||
2016/17 | Frölunda HC | SHL | 26th | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 6th | 14th | 3 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 2 | ||
2017/18 | Frölunda HC J20 | J20 SuperElit | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2017/18 | Frölunda HC | SHL | 41 | 7th | 13 | 20th | +4 | 20th | 6th | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | ||
2018/19 | Buffalo Sabers | NHL | 82 | 9 | 35 | 44 | -13 | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2019/20 | Buffalo Sabers | NHL | 59 | 4th | 36 | 40 | –7 | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
J20 SuperElit overall | 26th | 10 | 14th | 24 | +19 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | ||||
SHL total | 67 | 8th | 15th | 23 | +8 | 26th | 20th | 4th | 4th | 8th | +1 | 4th | ||||
NHL overall | 141 | 13 | 71 | 84 | -20 | 72 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
International
Represented Sweden at:
- Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2016
- U20 Junior World Championship 2017
- U20 World Junior Championship 2018
- Olympic Winter Games 2018
year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | |
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2016 | Sweden | Hlinka Memorial | 4th Place | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | |
2017 | Sweden | U20 World Cup | 4th Place | 7th | 1 | 1 | 2 | ± 0 | 4th | |
2018 | Sweden | U20 World Cup | 7th | 0 | 6th | 6th | +7 | 6th | ||
2018 | Sweden | Olympia | 5th place | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ± 0 | 0 | |
Juniors overall | 19th | 2 | 8th | 10 | +9 | 12 | ||||
Juniors overall | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ± 0 | 0 |
( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1 play-downs / relegation )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Andreas Westerlind: Future Star - Rasmus Dahlin: "Everything has gone my way". hockeymagasinet.com, April 16, 2017, accessed January 6, 2018 .
- ↑ Lucas Aykroyd: Dahlin, Sweden's new darling. worldjunior2017.com, April 25, 2017, accessed January 6, 2018 .
- ^ Gare Joyce: Rasmus Dahlin separating himself from Andrei Svechnikov at world juniors. sportsnet.ca, January 1, 2018, accessed January 6, 2018 .
- ↑ Michael Traikos: Fallin 'for Dahlin: Swedish defenceman uses world juniors to solidify his No. 1 prospect status. nationalpost.com, January 5, 2018, accessed January 6, 2018 .
- ^ David Carlsson: Rasmus Dahlin: The Next Erik Karlsson or Better? thehockeywriters.com, November 17, 2016, accessed January 6, 2018 .
- ^ Sabers sign Dahlin to entry-level contract. nhl.com, July 9, 2018, accessed July 9, 2018 .
- ↑ Steven Ellis: Dahlin passes Orr, marking major milestone in 18-year-old Sabers rookie's superb season. thehockeynews.com, March 21, 2019, accessed April 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Ola Winther: Dahlin uttagen till Tre Kronor - yngste debutanten sedan 1960. hockeysverige.se, April 16, 2017, accessed on January 6, 2018 (Swedish).
- ^ Adam Steiss: IIHF Disciplinary board decision. International Ice Hockey Federation , May 2, 2018, accessed May 4, 2018 .
Goalkeeper:
Carter Hutton |
Linus Ullmark
Defender:
Rasmus Dahlin |
Henri Jokiharju |
Jake McCabe ( A ) |
Colin Miller |
Brandon Montour |
Rasmus Ristolainen
Attacker:
Rasmus Asplund |
Jack Eichel ( C ) |
Michael Frolík |
Zemgus Girgensons |
Marcus Johansson ( A ) |
Dominik Kahun |
Johan Larsson |
Casey Mittelstadt |
Kyle Okposo |
Victor Olofsson |
Sam Reinhart |
Wayne Simmonds |
Jeff Skinner |
Vladimír Sobotka |
Jimmy Vesey
Head Coach: Ralph Krueger Assistant Coach : Mike Bales | Don Granato | Steve Smith General Manager: Kevyn Adams
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Dahlin, Rasmus |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 13, 2000 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Trollhättan , Sweden |