Prospect Info: With the 6th pick in the 2020 draft, the Ducks select Jamie Drysdale

[Mr Rogers]

I think Jamie will begin to put up solid production as the team continues to amass forward talent and as he develops. It's tough for dmen to put up big numbers without a quality forward group. But i see 45-60 pt potential for him. He skates, passes and sees the ice so well. He reminds me a bit of Dan Boyle, but potentially better defensively, with maybe not quite as good of a shot.

 

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[Paul4587]

I have loved what Drysdale has bought but as Sicard himself says it’s an incredible small sample. If you look at his underlying numbers just two games ago they were substantially better, they will likely fluctuate like a yo yo initially.

I think you need 10+ games at least before you can look at any sort of analytics.

 

[EXTRAS]

Any word on when he returns to lineup?

 

[Kalv]

Any word on when he returns to lineup?

I think it was mentioned he will play tonight.

 

[Kalv]

4 points in his first 9 games (that one he played only under 3 mins because of an injury though).
I think he is a bit underused on the PP and could have had some more points. But no need to rush as well.

Just really impressed with him, he really has that gamebreaker potential

 

[Kalv]

One of our best defenceman turns 19 today

 

[Leonardo87]

4 points in his first 9 games (that one he played only under 3 mins because of an injury though).
I think he is a bit underused on the PP and could have had some more points. But no need to rush as well.

Just really impressed with him, he really has that gamebreaker potential

I have the privilege of watching both Jamie Drysdale and Adam Fox. Good times!

 

[Paul4587]

I have the privilege of watching both Jamie Drysdale and Adam Fox. Good times!

Fox is an absolute beast. Rangers have a very bright future.

 

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[Mr Rogers]

That was also a beautiful pass by Terry. Drysdale and Terry were fantastic today

 

[KyleJRM]

That was also a beautiful pass by Terry. Drysdale and Terry were fantastic today

I'm glad it worked out, but generally when F3 dangles the crap out of his defender and has clear control of the puck with wide open space in front of him, dead center of the ice, 30 feet from the net, the last thing I want them thinking about is a turnaround drop pass to a trailing defenseman all the way back at the blue line.

Terry's *so* close to breaking through but he needs to stop watching Getzlaf film and shoot the puck. That game in Colorado where he was desperate to score and got 7 shots on goal? He needs that mentality way more often.

 

[Kalv]

I'm glad it worked out, but generally when F3 dangles the crap out of his defender and has clear control of the puck with wide open space in front of him, dead center of the ice, 30 feet from the net, the last thing I want them thinking about is a turnaround drop pass to a trailing defenseman all the way back at the blue line.

Terry's *so* close to breaking through but he needs to stop watching Getzlaf film and shoot the puck. That game in Colorado where he was desperate to score and got 7 shots on goal? He needs that mentality way more often.

It was my first reaction as well. But in the replay it seemed that Terry was very much in control and it might had been a set play with Dry.

 

[Dryish]

a set play with Dry.

Boy my life on these boards is about to become real strange, I can already tell.

 

[KaseMeOutside]

I'm glad it worked out, but generally when F3 dangles the crap out of his defender and has clear control of the puck with wide open space in front of him, dead center of the ice, 30 feet from the net, the last thing I want them thinking about is a turnaround drop pass to a trailing defenseman all the way back at the blue line.

Terry's *so* close to breaking through but he needs to stop watching Getzlaf film and shoot the puck. That game in Colorado where he was desperate to score and got 7 shots on goal? He needs that mentality way more often.

Ah yes we need to completely drain the creativity out of his game which has worked so well for this organization

 

[Kalv]

Boy my life on these boards is about to become real strange, I can already tell.

 

[KyleJRM]

Ah yes we need to completely drain the creativity out of his game which has worked so well for this organization

Yes. If we ask him to attack the net more, we are telling him he can't have any creativity. That's exactly what that means.

 

[Leonardo87]

5 points in his first 11 NHL games as a 18/19yo D , on a Ducks team that cannot score. Regardless of him also defending very well and looking comfortable, this is beyond impressive. Really excited.

 

[KyleJRM]

As we said in the game thread, Drysdale is just oozing franchise potential. He could be a guy who teams have to figure out how they're going to deal with for 30 minutes every night in a playoff series.

He's more or less the reason I feel good about the state of the rebuildtool

 

[Kalv]

As we said in the game thread, Drysdale is just oozing franchise potential. He could be a guy who teams have to figure out how they're going to deal with for 30 minutes every night in a playoff series.

He's more or less the reason I feel good about the state of the rebuildtool

By all the looks he seem to be a good Captain material down the road as well.

 

[Deuce22]

Maybe it's just me, but playing Drysdale on his off side so he can be paired with Manson seems idiotic. Is he going to play on the left side longterm? Are they going to make Lindholm/Fowler a pairing next year? The rest of this lost season should be spent grooming Drysdale to be a top 4 RHD and our #1 PP D. Shutting down other team's top lines now? Who cares?

 

[Leonardo87]

Maybe it's just me, but playing Drysdale on his off side so he can be paired with Manson seems idiotic. Is he going to play on the left side longterm? Are they going to make Lindholm/Fowler a pairing next year? The rest of this lost season should be spent grooming Drysdale to be a top 4 RHD and our #1 PP D. Shutting down other team's top lines now? Who cares?

Would assume they go with...

Lindholm - Manson
Fowler - Drysdale
Fluery - Shattenkirk

Not sure how Fowler and Drysdale would be, would maybe be called too soft but this team needs scoring especially from their back end. Have Lindholm and Manson take the tough assignments.

I mean that looks like a very solid D group.

 

[Mr Rogers]

Maybe it's just me, but playing Drysdale on his off side so he can be paired with Manson seems idiotic. Is he going to play on the left side longterm? Are they going to make Lindholm/Fowler a pairing next year? The rest of this lost season should be spent grooming Drysdale to be a top 4 RHD and our #1 PP D. Shutting down other team's top lines now? Who cares?

I wasn't happy to see him on the PK yesterday. I mean, sure he can be that guy one day, but if he's going to be in the NHL right now, he shouldn't be used as a shutdown dman. The thing i'm most worried about with this team and Drysdale is they won't put him in situations to blossom offensively.

 

[Deuce22]

Would assume they go with...

Lindholm - Manson
Fowler - Drysdale
Fluery - Shattenkirk

Not sure how Fowler and Drysdale would be, would maybe be called too soft but this team needs scoring especially from their back end. Have Lindholm and Manson take the tough assignments.

I mean that looks like a very solid D group.

If you're right, why isn't he playing with Fowler now?

 

[Leonardo87]

If you're right, why isn't he playing with Fowler now?

Good point. Lol. Eakins rather he play on his off side so he is with Manson?

just to add he is a young D, and Eakins likely wants someone to protect him and Manson is that physical type with size