Player Discussion Leon Draisaitl | 19-20 Art Ross, Ted Lindsay & Hart Trophy Winner | Congrats on 500 Career Points!

[Hynh]

Someone deleted the Lindsay thread on the mains lmao

 

[3IR]

In what world do these voters live in where they voted drai as the 4th or 5th for hart?

Obviously it worked out, but the process still makes no sense to me.

 

[MettleMcOiler]

Congratulations Draisaitl!! Well Deserved!

 

[Rufus Aslegard]

In what world do these voters live in where they voted drai as the 4th or 5th for hart?

Obviously it worked out, but the process still makes no sense to me.

mark Spector votes Drai 5th because the Oilers did not technically make the playoffs

 

[Drivesaitl]

While he had a pretty amazing season offensively I was sorta hoping he wouldn't win. Just makes the Oilers look even worse.

Nah, I like it. It accurately reflects how much work needs to be done fleshing out the remaining roster. This way the org cannot pretend anything like "If we could just squeeze a little more out of McDrai."

I get a bit tired of the latter. We need others rising to the occasion and without that this dog won't hunt.

The good news is that it often times doesn't take a lot to swing the balance sheet. Get a stud young D in there, and another capable forward and it goes miles. The past offseason and TDL Holland went shopping in the bargains department. We'll see what can happen with one more year of Holland looking at this club. certainly some hits and misses in his work.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

About as well as the advanced stats community. One guy (Luszczyzcun) proclaiming he left Drai off the ballot entirely.

Example 5,792 why I give the advanced stats community about as much credibility as the flat earth community.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

mark Spector votes Drai 5th because the Oilers did not technically make the playoffs

Really?!?

 

[Del Preston]

 

[SupremeTeam16]

I hope all the negative talk about his horrible defense motivates him to play even better next season. As bad as he was at times this season, I can see Drai becoming a tremendous defender in the future.

He wasn’t even bad defensively overall, he had a terrible December that really dragged down his numbers. He had some bad moments here and there throughout the year but overall he works hard in his own end and does his job.

But I do think he’s the type of player to take that criticism and turn around and try to become a selke level player.

 

[Rufus Aslegard]

Really?!?

I don’t know - just a guess

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

He wasn’t even bad defensively overall, he had a terrible December that really dragged down his numbers. He had some bad moments here and there throughout the year but overall he works hard in his own end and does his job.

But I do think he’s the type of player to take that criticism and turn around and try to become a selke level player.

Mike Smith was brutal in Dec. That didn’t help anyone’s +/-

 

[Wen22]

I had this drawn a while ago, didn't want to post in case I jinxed it lol

 

[Drivesaitl]

I had this drawn a while ago, didn't want to post in case I jinxed it lol

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in your drawing there are two MVP labeled trophies. Otherwise most excellent.

 

[Oilers 322]

He wasn’t even bad defensively overall, he had a terrible December that really dragged down his numbers. He had some bad moments here and there throughout the year but overall he works hard in his own end and does his job.

But I do think he’s the type of player to take that criticism and turn around and try to become a selke level player.

I agree. He had times where he looked like a Selke candidate but his downs were just as bad if not worse. He is a dependable player that sometimes completely forget about defensive responsibility. Part of it is because the team depends so much on him and Connor to provide offence.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

 

[Drivesaitl]

Example 5,792 why I give the advanced stats community about as much credibility as the flat earth community.

Could have used you around more in discussions over the last 20yrs, lol.

 

[Wen22]

in your drawing there are two MVP labeled trophies. Otherwise most excellent.

plus I put #1 goal guy instead of point guy. But ya, too lazy to change it lol

 

[OilCanada92]

 

[ChaoticOrange]

Someone deleted the Lindsay thread on the mains lmao

lol how are these salty fanboys even allowed to be mods

 

[Little Fury]

I don't think he deserved it but i'm just glad the bread man didn't win.

 

[ohheyhemsky]

It's awesome, but almost feels empty. Good work Leon.

 

[Faelko]

Your 2 cents is basically trying to downplay the awards because of the pandemic gap???

Considering Lebrun has, for the past 2 years discredited both McDavid and Draisaitl-even early in the season, he can take his 2 cents and shove it up his ass.

"Not trying to take anything away from the award announcements"

So happy Drai won..

And dafuq is with 24 first place votes for Panarin????

Don’t forget his spin on the 3rd round pick to Calgary for the Neal trade because it “honours the spirit of the deal”.

I legit hate Lebrun now...

 

[Oilhawks]

Well deserved

f*** the haters

 

[Faelko]

Lol and the Draisaitl Lindsay thread on the mains gets deleted. The salt is real.

They’d have to delete this whole site if the Oilers won the cup...

 

[Stoneman89]

Nah, I like it. It accurately reflects how much work needs to be done fleshing out the remaining roster. This way the org cannot pretend anything like "If we could just squeeze a little more out of McDrai."

I get a bit tired of the latter. We need others rising to the occasion and without that this dog won't hunt.

The good news is that it often times doesn't take a lot to swing the balance sheet. Get a stud young D in there, and another capable forward and it goes miles. The past offseason and TDL Holland went shopping in the bargains department. We'll see what can happen with one more year of Holland looking at this club. certainly some hits and misses in his work.

It certainly is well deserved. As for the club moving forward, I think it can only be done by astute trading at this time. There is zero wiggle room due to Chiarelli's cap hell, as well as a flat cap, and Holland didn't do himself any favours by losing two 2nd round potential trading chips from the AA trade. Unfortunately, it's going to be a couple years of clear outs before we can make some reasonable splashes in the free agent market, unless we can somehow swindle someone to take some overpriced junk.