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LD Owen Power - Univ. of Michigan, NCAA (2021 Draft)

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Curious to see how people view Owen Power vs. Jamie Drysdale.

Are they in the same tier? If Owen Power wasn't a late birthday, how would he stack up in this draft class?
 
flamebird said:
Curious to see how people view Owen Power vs. Jamie Drysdale.

Are they in the same tier? If Owen Power wasn't a late birthday, how would he stack up in this draft class?
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This is only my opinion, but I see them in the same tier. I think Power's slightly better, but it's not a big difference between the two. If Power was 2020 draft eligible, I think he would have an argument to go 1st, and would be at worst the second best player in the 2020 draft.
 
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Pavel Buchnevich said:
This is only my opinion, but I see them in the same tier. I think Power's slightly better, but it's not a big difference between the two. If Power was 2020 draft eligible, I think he would have an argument to go 1st, and would be at worst the second best player in the 2020 draft.
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Was his season really clearly better than Byfield’s, as two similarly-aged players in relatively comparable leagues?

I think that he would be at least clearly a top-5 prospect, with far fewer question marks than all of the high-potential players currently slotted after the big three forwards, but I don’t think it would be a guarantee or even necessarily likely he’d go before Byfield and Stutzle. And even being a full year younger, and having had a good season, I don’t think anyone would have him ahead of Lafreniere, who’s just too much of a proven star to pass on at this point.
 
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Dominance said:
Was his season really clearly better than Byfield’s, as two similarly-aged players in relatively comparable leagues?

I think that he would be at least clearly a top-5 prospect, with far fewer question marks than all of the high-potential players currently slotted after the big three forwards, but I don’t think it would be a guarantee or even necessarily likely he’d go before Byfield and Stutzle. And even being a full year younger, and having had a good season, I don’t think anyone would have him ahead of Lafreniere, who’s just too much of a proven star to pass on at this point.
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His coach said he was the best player on the clear best team in the league. Coaches often don’t single out one player over the others. I don’t know if his season was so much better or any better than Byfield. I think he played good enough to compete with the season of any top player from the 2020 draft. At a certain point, the skillset matters more than who had a slightly better season than who against inferior competition.
 
Hard to compare forwards to defense but Power certainly did enough to be in contention for a top pick next year. Glad he got the invite to Canadian WJSS camp. It means he is now on the radar for World Junior as he should be.
 
Then I asked Michigan associate head coach Bill Muckalt for his early impressions.
“I’ll tell you this, we were having a conversation as a staff and I don’t know how you overlook a guy that’s probably like a Victor Hedman or a Chris Pronger type,” Muckalt said. “I don’t know how you pass on a guy that’s going to be on a top D pairing for 15-20 years.”
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Wheeler: Preseason ranking for the 2021 NHL Draft's top 32 prospects
 
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goavsblue8 said:
Michigan coaches have not been slowing down they hype of power at all. Also these upcoming michigan teams are going be silly, like all time talented for college hockey.
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They won't be as good as you think they should be. You win in college hockey with older players, not a roster of transitory first round picks (as crazy as that seems). For the record I am a big Michigan fan.
 
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goavsblue8 said:
Michigan coaches have not been slowing down they hype of power at all. Also these upcoming michigan teams are going be silly, like all time talented for college hockey.
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They will be very talented. But it is still a significant jump for most of them to the college level. We will see how they adjust
 
Interesting that Wheeler stated there are 5 defenders in the 2021 draft that, as of this point anyways, look to be at least equal to if not better than Drysdale in 2020 and Byram in 2019. After a couple of weak defensive years, 2021 looks flush with elite blue chip defenders. I assume he means Clarke, Power, Edvinsson, Lambos and Hughes. Is that an overstatement or seem realistic? I assume Clarke is clearly above Drysdale as a prospect? Is Lambos an equal prospect to Byram out of the WHL? Is Luke the best US defensive prospect since his brother even above Sanderson?
 
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flamebird said:
Curious to see how people view Owen Power vs. Jamie Drysdale.

Are they in the same tier? If Owen Power wasn't a late birthday, how would he stack up in this draft class?
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Power is in his D minus 1 and has tools that Drysdale wishes he had.

In a year with average to good D, Drysdale isn't a top 10 pick. (2018, 2019).
Power is a guy who would be a top 5 pick in just about any draft year.;
 
Pavel Buchnevich said:
I’m going to have to disagree. Maybe the top two guys, but outside of that, not so much.
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I'd have Drysdale as a pretty comparable to LHughes. Some players, like Powers, I have with clear offensive upside advantage over Drysdale but not as many as Wheeler thinks. I also completely disagree with his assessment of Raty but that's a whole other thing lol
 
Skeptical of any scout's bonafides who makes a statement like that. A lot of twitter scouting is this.
 
Pavel Buchnevich said:
This is only my opinion, but I see them in the same tier. I think Power's slightly better, but it's not a big difference between the two. If Power was 2020 draft eligible, I think he would have an argument to go 1st, and would be at worst the second best player in the 2020 draft.
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I think they’re quite close as well, but I think I prefer Drysdale to Power, I always thought he was the more impressive player in minor midget in the same league, then drysdale has been exceptional in a better league then Power, and making the WJC at 17 speaks for itself. Not taking anything away from Power who is a great prospect with loads of upside. Such a good skater and puck handler, and he’s a really determined player.
 
Power
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Clarke
Lambos
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Hughes

This is the ranking for me right now. Haven’t watched Edvinsson
 
I've skated in the summer with this kid the last 2 years. His maturity and calmness under pressure is fantastic . Putting on size too, wins some puck battles against nhl guys. Shot is alright, nothing earth shattering but his hands allow him to work really well in tight.
 
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