Back to the Olympics Newsfeed

Olympics a showcase for projected NHL top pick Rasmus Dahlin

GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) — Rasmus Dahlin sees the ice better than he sees his future.

Everyone else is doing that for him.

All eyes are on the smooth-skating, offensively gifted 17-year-old defenseman at the Olympics with the entire hockey community aware that he's almost a lock to be the No. 1 pick in the NHL draft this June. Dahlin is not only Sweden's youngest player but the youngest in the men's hockey tournament and the focal point given his seemingly limitless potential.

"He's one of a kind," said Joel Lundqvist, the team captain and a Swedish Hockey League teammate.