Every season has breakout players. NHL Tonight takes a look at which defensemen could be due for a breakout season in 2023-24.
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LMAOO the fact they got byram and sanderson on a list of breakout defenseman but not seider or power.
Sure Drysdale is the league's best skater, in an equal tie with 130 other guys out there
Valimaki has my vote too
Would love to see Zellweger make the team out of camp, guy was NHL ready last year but didn’t wanna be rushed understandably. Anaheim’s future number 1 D even over Drysdale and Mintyukov
These guys ignoring how much Drysdale improved as a rush defender at the end of his rookie year and into last year
Just not gonna mention Thomas Harley and Nils Lundqvist. K
drysdale blows. should have broke out last year
Jake Sanderson will overshadow all these guys! Drysdale is not even the best defensive skater in the league, I can think of 20 guys that are better skaters, lol,
Rupp has some real hot takes on these clips. Toews a top 5 D in the world?😂
Luke Hughes
Bryam 2nd best d-man in the 2019 draft
Guhle on the habs, not as offensively as others but he brings a more physical and better defensively play and still can put up numbers. He played well vs others teams top lines for a rookie. Habs have a solid gem here and he’s a a good young leader
Sanderson is elite, exceptional talent.
Would love to see Evan Bouchard breakout and become an elite offensive force on the D-line for the Oilers.
Mikey Anderson!
I'm sorry but did Mike Rupp say Devon Toews is a top 5 defenseman in the world? I like the player, but like.. Cale Makar, Adam Fox, Victor Hedman, Roman Josi, Rasmus Dahlin, Erik Karlsson, Charlie McAvoy, Miro Heiskanen are all comfortably ahead imo. He might be top 10, although I'd probably consider him alongside names like Rasmus Andersson, top 5 is ridiculous. There's also a ton of dmen like Owen Power, Moritz Seider, hell even Bowen Byram that will likely surpass Toews within the next few years, and that's before we get into the likes of Simon Edvinsson and Luke Hughes
drysdale is trash
Broberg…gonna happen.