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Leon Draisaitl is one of the best playoff performers in NHL history

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SillyRabbit

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What this man has been able to do in the playoffs is nothing short of legendary.

He's #2 all time in playoff points per game, trailing only Wayne Gretzky. (58 game sample size at the time of this posting). Yes, he's ahead of both Lemieux and McDavid.

His career regular season PPG is 1.18. His career playoff PPG is 1.67. This is the largest increase from regular season PPG to playoff PPG of any player in NHL history.

When you factor in that his baseline regular season play (643 points, 47 more than the #3 regular season scorer over the past five years), is already incredibly elite, it's insane that he's able to increase his play to an even higher level.

And let's not forget that he's been playing injured in two of the last three playoff runs.

2022: 2nd in playoff scoring (32 points, 1 behind McDavid) despite only playing 3 rounds.
2023: 1st in playoff goals (13) despite only playing 2 rounds.
2024: 1st in playoff scoring thus far.

He's never had a playoff series where he scored under a PPG, even when the Oilers got swept.

Draisaitl really doesn't get the respect he deserves. He's absolutely in contention for the #2 best player in the league, but often gets left out of people's top 5 completely.
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He doesn't play a lick of defense. Imagine if the other stars around the league completely abandoned the 2nd half of the ice and cherry picked for 2 on 1's all game long what their production would look like. Now imagine they also had McDavid feeding them on the PP (in which they draw top of the league in PP opportunities). Then all he has to do is let the goalie and coach be the scapegoat.

He is obviously an incredible player. I enjoy watching him a lot, and especially love watching him on the PP and how he can score on the slimmest angles. But if you watch him it is obvious why the team has never won anything in the postseason..
 
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HockeyVirus said:
He doesn't play a lick of defense. Imagine if the other stars around the league completely abandoned the 2nd half of the ice and cherry picked for 2 on 1's all game long what their production would look like. Now imagine they also had McDavid feeding them on the PP (in which they draw top of the league in PP opportunities). Then all he has to do is let the goalie and coach be the scapegoat.

He is obviously an incredible player. I enjoy watching him a lot, and especially love watching him on the PP and how he can score on the slimmest angles. But if you watch him it is obvious why the team has never won anything in the postseason..
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Lol. Clearly you don't wartch him play
 
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HockeyVirus said:
He doesn't play a lick of defense. Imagine if the other stars around the league completely abandoned the 2nd half of the ice and cherry picked for 2 on 1's all game long what their production would look like. Now imagine they also had McDavid feeding them on the PP (in which they draw top of the league in PP opportunities). Then all he has to do is let the goalie and coach be the scapegoat.

He is obviously an incredible player. I enjoy watching him a lot, and especially love watching him on the PP and how he can score on the slimmest angles. But if you watch him it is obvious why the team has never won anything in the postseason..
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He plays good defense at times and has been an effective penalty killer before. He has some lapses though defensively but he isnt overall that bad defensively when he is fully healthy. Playing injured mames him look way worse than he is defensively cuz he gives up when its not in offensive zone cuz he cant keep fighting through the pain that long.
 
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HockeyVirus said:
He doesn't play a lick of defense. Imagine if the other stars around the league completely abandoned the 2nd half of the ice and cherry picked for 2 on 1's all game long what their production would look like. Now imagine they also had McDavid feeding them on the PP (in which they draw top of the league in PP opportunities). Then all he has to do is let the goalie and coach be the scapegoat.

He is obviously an incredible player. I enjoy watching him a lot, and especially love watching him on the PP and how he can score on the slimmest angles. But if you watch him it is obvious why the team has never won anything in the postseason..
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What a bad take. Obviously you don't watch him and are just saying things for Matthews sake. He's playing Selke level defense in these playoffs, anyone with eyeballs can see that.
 
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NVious said:
www.quanthockey.com

NHL Playoffs All-Time Points per 60 Leaders

NHL players who hold the all-time record for the highest points per 60 in NHL playoffs. All-time playoff points per 60 leaders for NHL players.
www.quanthockey.com www.quanthockey.com

Insane and I know people will cite playing with McDavid, but he is AHEAD of McDavid
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Draisaitl has been better than Mcdavid in every playoff, even when Mcdavid has more points. Teams focus more on Mcdavid which opens things up for Draisaitl but he’s also just built for playoff hockey.
 
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HockeyVirus said:
He doesn't play a lick of defense. Imagine if the other stars around the league completely abandoned the 2nd half of the ice and cherry picked for 2 on 1's all game long what their production would look like. Now imagine they also had McDavid feeding them on the PP (in which they draw top of the league in PP opportunities). Then all he has to do is let the goalie and coach be the scapegoat.

He is obviously an incredible player. I enjoy watching him a lot, and especially love watching him on the PP and how he can score on the slimmest angles. But if you watch him it is obvious why the team has never won anything in the postseason..
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Yeah imagine if he could play Selke-level defense like Matthews

Might even be able to score one goal in the playoffs and lose in the first round
 
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HockeyVirus said:
He doesn't play a lick of defense. Imagine if the other stars around the league completely abandoned the 2nd half of the ice and cherry picked for 2 on 1's all game long what their production would look like. Now imagine they also had McDavid feeding them on the PP (in which they draw top of the league in PP opportunities). Then all he has to do is let the goalie and coach be the scapegoat.

He is obviously an incredible player. I enjoy watching him a lot, and especially love watching him on the PP and how he can score on the slimmest angles. But if you watch him it is obvious why the team has never won anything in the postseason..
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Aren't you a huge Matthews fanboy

Some of you don't like any McD or Drai praise
 
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Never seen the stat about his delta between regular reason and playoff ppg, that is very impressive. Even if you remove his first two regular season years before he really got going his regular season ppg only goes up to 1.30.

He’s had that Production in the playoffs despite multiple injuries as well
 
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You’re citing numbers from when he’s 28 and in the middle of his prime, and comparing them to guys who played till they were 40.

At the same age, Lemieux’s playoff PPG was 1.85 to Draisaitl’s 1.67. To be clear, both are elite-of-the-élite.
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Strange how era adjustments are always brought up until they compare favorably for some players and against others.
 
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AnInjuredJasonZucker said:
I just perused the NHL record books, and it’s weird. I didn’t see any players listed in the win column. It was all teams.

Must be a mistake.
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You must not have looked very hard.

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