Is Jack Drury the quickest acquisition to gain full trust and confidence from Bednar?
Obviously a star like Marty Necas jumps in and delivers right away, but usually a role player takes more time.
I go back to the Flyers game where Drury was sitting on the bench, one leg over the boards, staring intently at Bednar as the refs were checking to see whether the faceoff would be in our zone or outside the zone. As soon as it was confirmed as being in our zone, Bednar gave him the nod and he hopped over. Colton and Wood weren't even looking at Bednar and jumped up to get on when they saw Drury go.
Drury seems to be an extremely high IQ, coach's player type guy.
With almost no practice time after the trade, as we were on the road and had travel days, he immediately gained Bednar's full trust. Really impressive.