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RD Jamie Drysdale (2020, 6th, ANA)

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Skates like Makar, seems to have very good vision even at top speed. Creative, and also plays good D. Just don't know how strong he is, and how much of a beating he can take/avoid. A lot of fun to watch. As i said way before the draft, he reminds me of Bobby Orr a bit, albeit one with modern skating techniques and equipment. Don't think he will be as strong as Orr, but the league isn't as tough as it was back then, so it might not affect him so much.

The wonderful thing about a great Dman is that you can play him close to half the game, if he is a fixture on the PP. If you have two or three of them it solves a whole bunch of problems.

Can't wait to see if he can play Defence against players like Mackinnon, McD, Petersson. Unlike a lot of PMD's these days to whom defending is an afterthought and something you do in between rushes, Drysdale was a very good defender at lower levels. We'll see what he can do against the fastest , strongest, and most skilled in the world.
 
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Getz2noone said:
Or the hockey sense in both ends of the ice or the ability to get shots through to the net.... they really arnt similar at all. Fowler’s game was literally his skating and that was about it. Drysdale is a much more complete package
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Fowler has never shown he can walk the line with the puck like JD but rookie Fowler was just as explosive. Fowler is very good skating the puck out of trouble and getting it moving but for whatever reason the aggressiveness left his game early and only shows up a few times per year
 
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heusy_79 said:
To this point, Lindholm is the best Dman ever drafted and developed by the Ducks org. I think it is very fair to suggest that Drysdale had the more impressive debut and has the potential to become their best ever homegrown defenseman.
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I'd agree with that, but in terms of post draft, Fowler was super exciting. I think Drysdale eclipses that level of hype. Fowler was considered to be a blue chip prospect.
 
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Fowler has never shown he can walk the line with the puck like JD but rookie Fowler was just as explosive. Fowler is very good skating the puck out of trouble and getting it moving but for whatever reason the aggressiveness left his game early and only shows up a few times per year
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My impression from those times is that Fowler was not aware enough to take measured risks, so he would just take too many unnecessary risks, and so often was explosive not in a good way. I do not think it was working well at all. Props to him for tearing his game down and building it back up from scratch, and having a great career out of it.
 
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Wow did he look good. Hard to tell if he was that good or the ducks are so bad that he looked simply great by comparison. A few things that really stood out:

1. They guy does not stop moving. This was so refreshing as our team is filled with players so stop moving their feet. Not only is he a great skater, but he is constantly in motion trying to either create offense or improve his position defensively.

2. He plays tight defense. I knew he was sound defensively, but was interested to see how he would do against much bigger competitions. He seemed to handle it just fine by keeping his gap tight to his assignment and not giving any time/space.

3. IQ was great - guy just knows how to put his teammates in good positions both when he has the puck and is off the puck.

Really excited about this guy and can't wait to watch more of him (hopefully with a more competent partner then Ben Hutton)
 
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CheckingLineCenter said:
we will see but I do think it’s always been that Drysdale was better in the immediate, and Sanderson was this raw package that was a longer play.

All that said, not saying need should be a primary factor in drafting, but given Ottawa’s dearth of right shooting defenders... it does seem like they might’ve overthought it a bit.
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Before the draft we saw Tampa and Dallas go at it in the Stanley Cup final, both loaded with big physical and skilled d. Ottawa already have Chabot and Brännström etc, so if they had Sanderson and Drysdale equal on their draft board it doesn't surprise me they went with the player projected to have the physical edge. Drysdale will be fantastic, but I'm not worried Sanderson won't be either.
 
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Wow did he look good. Hard to tell if he was that good or the ducks are so bad that he looked simply great by comparison. A few things that really stood out:

1. They guy does not stop moving. This was so refreshing as our team is filled with players so stop moving their feet. Not only is he a great skater, but he is constantly in motion trying to either create offense or improve his position defensively.

2. He plays tight defense. I knew he was sound defensively, but was interested to see how he would do against much bigger competitions. He seemed to handle it just fine by keeping his gap tight to his assignment and not giving any time/space.

3. IQ was great - guy just knows how to put his teammates in good positions both when he has the puck and is off the puck.

Really excited about this guy and can't wait to watch more of him (hopefully with a more competent partner then Ben Hutton)
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I think on the power play (actually can probably be said for every time they're on the ice and set up in the offensive zone), he and Zegras moved more than every other player that was out there for the 2 minutes combined.

That self pass off the boards when it looked like he might have been in trouble was amazing too, knowing he could out skate the d-man (and the confidence to do it in his first game) and keeping possession over taking a lower quality shot or making a more risky pass.

Is it just bad memory (considering it was what, 10 years ago?) or was Fowler kind of weak defensively his first couple of seasons? Might have been playing higher in the lineup and with worse players than he should have... but Drysdale seems more responsible (maybe smarter is the word?) defensively than Fowler was at the same age. Either way, hopefully Drysdale becomes the best d-man the Ducks have ever drafted so far.
 
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Fowler and Drysdale are similar skaters, the biggest difference to me is Fowler only uses it when he has the puck on his stick to escape and transition the puck. Drysdale uses it at all times, his gaps were crazy he is so confidence in his skating. Every time they carried the puck into his side they were forced to dump it in it seemed.

Fowler was an elite skater I just wished he used it more defensively and offensively to challenge people.

 
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CLW said:
Before the draft we saw Tampa and Dallas go at it in the Stanley Cup final, both loaded with big physical and skilled d. Ottawa already have Chabot and Brännström etc, so if they had Sanderson and Drysdale equal on their draft board it doesn't surprise me they went with the player projected to have the physical edge. Drysdale will be fantastic, but I'm not worried Sanderson won't be either.
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I think the issue with that line of thinking is whether they were right to consider Sanderson and Drysdale equal. I think having Brannstrom (or Thomson for that matter) should make no bearing on the selection, I am BPA guy all the way. I am sure Colorado was not fretting at all over having Makar and Girard when they picked Byram.

In any case Sanderson is a very good prospect, and the franchise doesn't have to make perfect pick decisions to be successful. They stole Chabot at #18, looks like have stolen a gem in Pinto at #32. I am gonna guess they are pretty happy picking Stutzle at #3. I think Drysdale looks like a better pick in the moment, but I am sure very few Sens fans will curl up into a fetal position and cry because of that.
 
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Sanderson will be good. You don't need to hit a home run at every selection when you accumulate as many picks as Ottawa has. Conversely this is why Vancouver is still a mess despite hitting grand slams with Pettersson and Hughes. Benning never even attempted to acquire additional picks while they were rebuilding.
 
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Sanderson will be good. You don't need to hit a home run at every selection when you accumulate as many picks as Ottawa has. Conversely this is why Vancouver is still a mess despite hitting grand slams with Pettersson and Hughes. Benning never even attempted to acquire additional picks while they were rebuilding.
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I’m not really sure why everyone is writing off a draft pick already is Jake below average or a bad pick today because Jamie got points?
 
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