Byram vs Drysdale

[Tralfamadore]

Consensus seems to be that Drysdale is the top defenceman available in this draft. Byram was the first defenceman taken last year. Who in your opinion is the better prospect?

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[Pavel Buchnevich]

Pre-draft, it's very close. I'll take Drysdale slightly but clearly. I think he's better in all the major tools. Byram is bigger. Thats not enough to make up the gap.

 

[Eltuna]

If you’re looking on draft day I think Byram would be the majority pick but it’s really not a fair fight. Byram really rose in pedigree with his crazy end of season and (especially) playoffs last year which Drysdale did not get the chance to do.

I think Byram would go 4th in this draft with Drysdale 5-6th so they are a similar level of prospect.

 

[Llamamoto]

I feel like there's some recency bias going on here...

 

[lawrence]

Drysdale reminds me of Cale Makar, so it's him for me.

 

[majormajor]

Drysdale reminds me of Cale Makar, so it's him for me.

Makar has a whole 'nother gear that Drysdale doesn't have.

 

[Rhaegar Targaryen]

When they were both on the same team in the WJC, Drysdale looked better despite being a year younger.

It’s easily Drysdale for me. I’ve never been impressed by Byram..he just doesn’t have the IQ to think the game at a high level. It’s apparent in the WHL and it’s going to be even more apparent in the NHL.

Drysdale is very good in pretty much every facet of the game. Whoever ends up with him is going to be very happy.

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

When they were both on the same team in the WJC, Drysdale looked better despite being a year younger.

It’s easily Drysdale for me. I’ve never been impressed by Byram..he just doesn’t have the IQ to think the game at a high level. It’s apparent in the WHL and it’s going to be even more apparent in the NHL.

Drysdale is very good in pretty much every facet of the game. Whoever ends up with him is going to be very happy.

I think Drysdale probably should win this poll given Byram’s slow start in the dub this year.

But, just in terms of the bolded, Byram was Canada’s shutdown defenceman in that tournament, so I wouldn’t diminish what he did there.

His IQ is also one of his best attributes, though he’s not as good of a skater as Drysdale.

 

[tucker3434]

When they were both on the same team in the WJC, Drysdale looked better despite being a year younger.

It’s easily Drysdale for me. I’ve never been impressed by Byram..he just doesn’t have the IQ to think the game at a high level. It’s apparent in the WHL and it’s going to be even more apparent in the NHL.

Drysdale is very good in pretty much every facet of the game. Whoever ends up with him is going to be very happy.

The next nice thing you say about an Avs player will be the first.

 

[ConnorMcMullet]

Drysdale is a much better skater, but I prefer Byram's upside. Drysdale supports offense extremely well; Byram creates it for himself.

 

[newfy]

I think at draft time it would be close, probably Byram by a hiar after the playoff run he had. But he didnt hit the level people expected this year in the WHL after his draft year and Drysdale has been touted for a long time. If this past season was Byrams draft year, Drysdale is going ahead of him. I think Drysdale looked like a complete stud by the end of the World Juniors and impressed me more than Byram this year as well

I'll take Drysdale by a hair

 

[Merrrlin]

I don't think either will be a top pairing defenceman on a team with decent D, but of the two, I like Drysdale's potential more.

 

[Tralfamadore]

I don't think either will be a top pairing defenceman on a team with decent D, but of the two, I like Drysdale's potential more.

This is where I'm at too but I think Byram is a better fit for the Avs at this time.

 

[Stuzchuk]

too close to call, but I've voted Drysdale... the only reason, he may become a future Ottawa Senator in a near future

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Both trash

 

[Asinine]

Seems like Drysdale is the only player that has somehow managed to continue generating more hype despite not playing a game for 4-5months.

Very strange.

 

[The Moose is Loose]

Yeah I think this is recency bias. If they were both sitting there at 4 this year, I think Byram would be taken before Drysdale quite easily

 

[Tralfamadore]

Both trash

Both are guaranteed locks to be better than Fox.

 

[ConnorMcMullet]

Seems like Drysdale is the only player that has somehow managed to continue generating more hype despite not playing a game for 4-5months.

Very strange.

I'm assuming this is sarcasm. Have you seen the way Sanderson is climbing up lists?

 

[Dr Salt]

Both are guaranteed locks to be better than Fox.

No not really. Fox has had an insane rookie year that slipped under the radar.

 

[Tralfamadore]

No not really. Fox has had an insane rookie year that slipped under the radar.View attachment 353607

Na it's a guarantee bruh

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Na it's a guarantee bruh

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I'm assuming this is sarcasm. Have you seen the way Sanderson is climbing up lists?

If anything, it's the complete opposite of what he stated. Drysdale has gotten more hate than any prospect since play stopped.

 

[joe dirte]

i don't know, tough to say. Two pretty good prospects. If I were looking at it from the Leafs perspective, I'd love to have either. One offers a little more size which would be great for the Leafs, and the other is a right shot. I'm pretty split on it. I chose Byram, but that's by no means an easy answer for me.

 

[joe dirte]

Both are guaranteed locks to be better than Fox.

At this age there is no such thing as a guaranteed lock. Some kid in the 7th round could end up better than all of them.