The Rise of Dylan Strome and the Role He Plays Today in DC

[Our Lady Peace]

Dylan Strome, picked 3rd overall by the 'Yotes in the stacked 2015 draft, to most, has looked like a bit of a disappointment considering the offensive talent taken after him. A big, smart and skilled center, he destroyed junior hockey and excelled in his first AHL season at age 20. In 2018 he found himself in the deal that sent Nick Schmaltz back to Arizona that hopefully gave him a change of scenery. Strome had a couple good years but the Blackhawk team was transitioning into firm rebuild status and offense around him began drying up

Past couple seasons since landing in Washington have landed him 65 and 67 points, tallying 20 goals and 40 assists for the first time in his career in both years

This season, Strome and the Caps have taken the league by storm. A huge part of that revival is the pursuit of goal #895 by the 'Great 8'

Tonight, the Capitals thumped the Blues 8-1. Strome picked up 3 assists and Ovechkin notched two goals to eclipse the 10 goal mark. This leads to the next stat; he has assisted on all 10 of Ovechkin's goals this season - 5 primary and 5 secondary assists

Ovechkin has taken 14 games this season to score 10 goals - last season he scored his 10th goal on February 6th in game 45 for the Caps

#17 in DC Red is now 2nd in the NHL in assists with 18, and 6th in points with 22

Strome's loving it, Ovi's loving it, and Caps are one of the leagues biggest surprises thus far a month into the 2024-25 season. It appears he has been chosen by the hockey gods to lift Ovechkin into literal goal scoring 'Greatest of All Time' status, possibly as soon as this season. It's been great to see his play elevate and for him to play the Backstrom/Kuznetsov role on Washington's 1st line with #8 in his last few years

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[shello]

Good for him. The Strome brothers have had weird careers considering their draft statues'

 

[dgibb10]

Letting a 24 year old who just had a 60 point pace, as well as a previous 72 point pace in chi the first year there, walk as a UFA was not the smartest move by Chicago

 

[BKarchitect]

He’s been really good in Washington since the jump. Frankly he was already a #1 center last year but wasn’t getting the full Ovie effect. He’s a real deal top line center with elite playmaking traits. He’s basically the Caps’ Mark Scheifele at this point. Would not be shocking to see him flirt with 100 points, especially with a hungry Ovechkin.

 

[CanadienShark]

Both the Strome brothers are disappointments, but seemed to have quietly good careers.

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

Ovechkin is the man!

 

[JaegerDice]

Letting a 24 year old who just had a 60 point pace, as well as a previous 72 point pace in chi the first year there, walk as a UFA was not the smartest move by Chicago

They tried to trade him but nobody wanted him. I think the asking price was a 3rd rounder at the TDL that year, but there were no bites.

They didn't want to go to arb, they were rebuilding anyway, so they let him walk.

Glad it worked out for him in Washington.

 

[Cubs2024wildcard]

Letting a 24 year old who just had a 60 point pace, as well as a previous 72 point pace in chi the first year there, walk as a UFA was not the smartest move by Chicago

Young players in Chicago during Kyle Davidsons tenure as lead banjo player have no relevance if he didn't draft them.

Gifted good young players? He never heard of it. Give him Taylor Raddish and Boris Katchouk over scrubs like Debrincat, Hagel, and now generational talent Strome.

 

[Kuz]

Hes been amazing for the Caps and would have been a point per game player already last year if not for Ovechkin being snakebitten the first half of that season. This year the whole teams look great and the big improvements in McMichael and Protas while also Wilson are starting to get back to his old self after the injury makes the Caps very deep with a lot of talented players for Strome to work with.