Of the top 2020 NHL draft prospects we’ve covered so far, all of them have been forwards. From Alexis Lafrenière to Tim Stützle, the immense crop of offensive talent at the top is what will ultimately define this draft class.
But there’s one defenceman who’s been able to crack the list of the draft’s elites, as the unanimous choice as the draft’s best blueliner. Introducing Jamie Drysdale.
Taken fourth overall in the 2018 OHL Draft, Drysdale quickly made himself known as a menace for the Erie Otters. He made the OHL’s First All-Rookie Team on a disastrous Erie team, and put the Otters on his back again this season as their surefire, all-situations #1 defenceman.