In the 2019 NHL Draft, the Anaheim Ducks selected Trevor Zegras ninth overall. The following year, Anaheim took defenseman Jamie Drysdale with the sixth overall pick. Both scored their first NHL goals in the same game within a few minutes of each other. Drysdale first and then Drysdale assisting on Zegras’s tally.
Fun fact: Trevor Zegras and Jamie Drysdale scored their first NHL goals within minutes of each other! Drysdale even assisted on Zegras' goal! ud83eudd1d pic.twitter.com/ZfukUo4WXs
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Both showed promise at times in California. But within a span of 18 months both players found themselves on the outs on the West Coast, and then members of the Philadelphia Flyers.