Jamie Drysdale made incredibly strong impression in return

© Kyle Ross-Imagn ImagesThe bar was on the floor for Jamie Drysdale. During the Philadelphia Flyers defenseman’s month-long absence due to injury, as the team was continuing to play decent hockey and improve from when Drysdale was actually on the team; the young blueliner’s reputation sank among the fan base.

It was already fairly low to begin with. Drysdale has had an incredibly rough first several months as a Flyer, since coming over here from the Anaheim Ducks in the infamous Cutter Gauthier trade. His second half of the 2023-24 season was marred with injury, so the hope was that with a summer to get fully healthy, he would come swinging and maybe fulfill that sixth-overall pick potential…