He’s skilled and the numbers don’t lie, but can he figure out the defensive issues?
Just check out his numbers. For a defenseman, 15 goals and 75 points is quite something – he had a 25-point gap over Vancouver’s Mazden Leslie for the U-18 WHL defenseman scoring lead. Tri-City wasn’t a great team by any means, but Dragicevic was absolutely dominant with the puck.
“He’s shown a bit of everything this year,” a scout said. “Watching him with Canada, he’s one of the team’s most important play drivers. You don’t see defensemen come around like that every year.” Dragecivc is a good skater, but it seems like he never uses it to his advantage in the own zone like he does on the attack. He’ll often be too passive coming back, or just stride in too slowly. He’s very mobile, but it’s like he doesn’t see everything going on around his own net half the time.
“He’s like a wild roller coaster,” a scout said. “The highs with him can be thrilling. But then other times, it’s like his game drops off a cliff and it’s terrifying. It’s all about maximizing the highs with him.”
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