Drysdale, 20, added some size in the offseason to handle the rigors of a long NHL season and will begin his second full season in the league with a new jersey number.
Three precocious members of the 2020 NHL draft class already have logged more than 100 games in the league.
The third happens to be Ducks defenseman Jamie Drysdale , who was taken sixth in the first round. That’s notable for several reasons given that defensemen – at least ones not named Cale Makar – traditionally take longer to develop. Everyone is anxious to see a finished product, instantly. But it takes much longer for most mortals to mature on the blue line.
Drysdale spoke about those topics and more with the Southern California News Group in interviews from his offseason home in Toronto and Sunday at Honda Center at a meet-and-greet event associated with the number changes for Trevor Zegras and Drysdale.To be honest, it was a little bit of a weird situation. I brought it up to our equipment managers that I wanted to switch numbers at some point. When that would be, I wasn’t sure. I told them that I would change to six if it came up.
I had only ever worn four. At international tournaments, I was always No. 6. Obviously Cam is No. 4. I wanted to switch to a single digit – so six looked good.I had a few. I had an Ovechkin jersey for a while. I must have had a couple of Leafs – I was on that bandwagon.
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