‘Botterill saw Dahlin play for Sweden in Buffalo at the World Junior Championship. He said, “The type of defenseman that 31 teams in the National Hockey League want. Just that ability to jump up in the rush and create offensive chances, but also have the competitive spirit to play against other team’s top players and you look at what Phil’s trying to create with our defense, it’s something that we have to do a better job at getting the puck up to our forwards and trying to create more offensive opportunities and he certainly fits the bill.”’