Buffalo Sabres defenseman Rasmus Dahlin is among the highest-paid players in the NHL, and recently was ranked by NHL Network as the seventh-best defenseman in the league, but in another list of the Top 25 players born in the 21st Century, the Sabres team captain was ranked #1.
The 25-year-old (who was born in April 2000) was selected first overall in 2018 and is in his seventh season with the Sabres. Dahlin has scored in double figures for four straight seasons and averaged more than 60 points the last four seasons in Buffalo, including last season, where he posted 68 points (17 goals, 51 assists) in 73 games last season.
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Dahlin has made three straight All-Star appearances and was named as one of the first six players named to Team Sweden's roster for the 2026 Olympics. Fellow top overall picks Jack Hughes (2nd), Macklin Celebrini (5th), and Connor Bedard (8th) were also on the list, Hughes, Ottawa’s Tim Stutzle, and Jake Sanderson, and Celebrini round out the top five, but conspicuously absent from the list was Sabres defenseman Owen Power.
The 2021 first overall pick has scored 30 or more points the last three seasons, but has not broken out offensively to the extent that Dahlin has to this point. The Sabres are depending on Dahlin and Power to take a bigger step forward to increase their chances of snapping the Sabres 14-year playoff drought.
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