He’s on a run of 5/6 seasons with 100+ points and 3 50 goal seasons over that span, not to mention the playoff performances. Couple more seasons like this and he’s a first balloter.
Leon Draisaitl is one of the best playoff performers in NHL history
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I dont know i figured out mcdavid and Draisaitl were good a long time ago and then i stopped talkin about it
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Era adjustments definitely need to be made as well. If someone wants to do that work, they’re welcome to it.
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He's really really good but it's McDavid who's just so far ahead of everyone else in this league that really allows Drai to maximize what he excels at. The idea that anyone could say he's better than McDavid in the playoffs is just insane. McDavid tilts the ice so far in favour for the Oilers that a framer could use it to make his studs plumb
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I think Draisaitl has the same problem as Malkin: he just happens to play behind the best and most well known player of the time. The dude is an absolute monster and people would rightfully realize how much of a monster he was if he didn't have to play behind McDavid.
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Playoff Drai is a different level beast. He plays with such an edge and physicality as well.
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One of the best ever with 0 cups or Conn Smythe trophies?
My bad. Draisaitl made the fatal error of scoring at an all-time great rate while not being a goalie. What idiots both he and I are.
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Maybe if he played defense instead of padding his stats, he might win a playoff game past the 2nd round.
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I remember hearing from Nucks fans earlier this year that Pettersson is better than Draisaitl.
Agree that it’s a very similar situation to the penguin duo but I just wonder if Drai benefits more from a McDavid than Malkin did from Sid. Im
Thinking mostly in terms of pp points . Drais shot is amazing but that pp thrives because of the threat MacDavid is.
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Does it get exhausting always being wrong? It's impressive how somebody can be so ignorant yet pretend like they actually understand what they're talking about.
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“Drai can’t play defence” is a take that will age worse than “Drai is overpaid.”
It always takes a couple years for the hockey world to figure out what Oilers fans already know. Same story will repeat in regards to Bouchard, who’s one of the the best defenceman in the League.
It always takes a couple years for the hockey world to figure out what Oilers fans already know. Same story will repeat in regards to Bouchard, who’s one of the the best defenceman in the League.
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No one brought up era adjustments except you. The person you quoted compared players at the same age. Which is better to compare instead of a players peak+prime vs a players peak+prime+decline like OP did
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McPoyle
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Thanks for posting the links. Early in the season EP was being argued as the 3rd or 4th best centre in the league by many Nucks fans. All cause he had a 40ish game stretch of production roughly equal to what Draisaitl has done over the last 500 games of his career.
Serious consideration? He's a stone cold lock for the HHOF even if he retired today, he'll be arguably a top 20 player of all time when all is said and done.
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These threads don’t exist inside a vacuum.
But to this age point, somehow I don’t think the same courtesy will be applied to certain players past the age of 28, when they likely play far more than the 41 playoff games Lemieux did.
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