Prospect Info: Leon Draisaitl: Memorial Cup MVP
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It's incredible how much trash Leaf fans are throwing at LD on the mains. Every thread I see them in they're just insulting everyone, and wondering why so many people hate them.
It's due to some posters likely being defensive of their 2014 1st rounder Nylander due to some prospect polls, which has most posters ranking Drai above Willy (rightly so, although he's looking like a decent prospect himself). Also some leafs posters have felt the need to hate anything related to the Oilers since the McLottery.
It's mostly jealousy and ignorance, I suggest adding anyone and everyone on the main boards to your ignore list, so many clueless posters frequent there.
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I honestly wonder how much of it is because they don't get to see him regularly since he's not in the OHL? Either way there's a ton of ignorance about our team on the mains coupled with strong group think opinions that are based on hearsay and BS.
Regardless I can say that I am thrilled that we don't have to worry about having to pick between Strome and Marner if Hanifin is off the board when we'd pick. In the meantime we can all sit back and listen to people saying that Strome >> Draisaitl and that Draisaitl would be lucky to be a top 10 pick in this draft, etc. and laugh our ***** off.
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That would be the icing on the proverbial cake.
Then let him transfer his confidence to the next level in the AHL and be the first call up if someone goes down.
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He'd still get no respect from idiot Hab and Predator fans, but it's entirely possible.
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I honestly wonder how much of it is because they don't get to see him regularly since he's not in the OHL? Either way there's a ton of ignorance about our team on the mains coupled with strong group think opinions that are based on hearsay and BS.
Regardless I can say that I am thrilled that we don't have to worry about having to pick between Strome and Marner if Hanifin is off the board when we'd pick. In the meantime we can all sit back and listen to people saying that Strome >> Draisaitl and that Draisaitl would be lucky to be a top 10 pick in this draft, etc. and laugh our ***** off.
A lot of fans out east say that they watch western teams but I just don't buy it. Even as a diehard Oiler fan the games are very late so without a pvr it would be tough for me to watch what I do. And I almost never watch Pacific conference teams unless they are playing the Oilers despite my interest in the division. And that is the NHL.
To watch much of the WHL you not only have to be a night owl but you have to work to watch the games. A team like PA for example would never have any presence out here. I would likely have known almost nothing about LD if he had not looked so good with Rieder at the WJHC's as a 16 year old.
In contrast if you have Roger's Super Sports Pak you get the OHL package for free. SO it is easy for me to watch a fair bit of OHL action. I pvr games with teams I want to follow and then go through say half or so in about 45 minutes.
Media coverage is also very different. In Edmonton there is about 10 times more coverage of the Eastern hockey at all levels than there is of the West out here.
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Hey guys I was at my local hockey shop getting my skates sharpened today and overheard the guys talking about Leon Drasaitl and they were saying he is 6'4" 235 lbs.. I told them no he is more like 6'1" 210lbs. I showed them on my phone and they still didn't believe me. I said "no i'm pretty sure he's Bo Horvat size and they said "no Horvat is not big at all" anyways I can't find anywhere on the internet that says Leon is 6'4" so are they just full of ****? Or is he bigger than 6'1"?
I'm not knocking him I think he's going to be your 2C for a lot of years and I'm a big fan of his just wouldn't mind some confirmation on his size
I'm not knocking him I think he's going to be your 2C for a lot of years and I'm a big fan of his just wouldn't mind some confirmation on his size
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I think that he's closer to 6'2" than 6'1" but he is most definitely not 6'4" tall.
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He's definitely not 6'4. He's officially listed at 6'1. Oilers fans like to overrate their prospects attributes.
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