Coming this season: Rasmus Dahlin

Rasmus Dahlin spent his teenage years racking up points at a pace unseen by any NHL defenseman not named Phil Housley. Dahlin's 84 points over his first two seasons ranked second to Housley among NHL defensemen prior to their 20th birthday, ahead of names like Bobby Orr and Ray Bourque.
So, what's next for the now 20-year-old defenseman?
"Getting more mature, making the right decision out there, [playing in] both ends," he said at the start of training camp. "My main goal is the coaches can trust me everywhere on the ice. It takes time, but it's a fun process, for sure."

Here's a look at the defenseman entering 2020-21.

One big question: How does his role develop?

Dahlin saw his average ice time decrease from 21:09 in his rookie campaign to 19:18 last season, his first under coach Ralph Krueger. He still managed to increase his scoring rate, thanks in part to a steady role quarterbacking the team's top power-play unit.
Dahlin has kept that power-play role through the early stages of camp, working alongside a group consisting of Jack Eichel, Taylor Hall, Victor Olofsson, and Sam Reinhart. After making strides in his defensive game during the latter part of last season, he hopes to see more responsibility at even strength, too.
"He is extremely competitive and wants to be a big part of us taking another step," Krueger said. "I certainly see, with the game pace that we're gonna be on, sharing the minutes through the lineup whether it's rolling your D or rolling your forward lines. You're going to see more of that from all teams just as we try to get ourselves up to speed.
"So, yeah, I definitely see his minutes growing. I also see his hunger to learn the game away from the puck and to take that responsibility defensively that [players] don't usually have as they grow up when they have so much skill. … In many ways, we need him to grow for us to be able to reach our goals."

Number to know: 207

That's the 6-foot-3 Dahlin's listed weight entering training camp, up from 193 to start last season. He spent the longest offseason of his life adding on muscle mass to help with battles in his own zone.
"When I reflected on last season, I wanted to put on some weight, be in the gym, get some more muscles," he said. "That was my main focus."

Quotable:

Taylor Hall on his impressions of Dahlin following the first day of camp: "I think he makes it look pretty effortless out there," Hall said. "Such a big guy that can skate that well and can move that well is pretty cool to watch. I made a comment to someone in line, it must be a requirement as a Swedish hockey player to be able to move so well out there and to open your hips up so well and be so agile.
"It's pretty cool to watch. I think he's a guy that once you see the power play and 5-on-5, 4-on-4, 3-on-3 situations, what he can do with the puck, he's basically a fourth forward out there. It's going to be really fun to see him take another step and hopefully cement himself in that upper echelon of defensemen in this league."

Watch this:

Brian Duff and Martin Biron broke down their expectations for Dahlin's third season.