Leon Draisaitl the most underrated player in the NHL?

[Highmarker]

I’d like to challenge the status quo and say at this very moment I believe Drai is better than McDavid. I have watched a couple games now in depth and he is a more effective player. His skill set undeniable and he is big as they come. You are just not moving that guy in the corners.

i truly believe if he had his own team he would be in the conversation for best player in the league!

they truly have become what Crosby and Malkin were in Pittsburgh. There were stretches where Malkin looked like the superior player and you're right so far this season Drai has been the oilers best player.

 

[tmg]

The stats say that most their points were independent of each other.

Even if they never spend a second on the ice together their points are never truly independent of one another. When they’re on separate lines, only one of them draws the line matching of the opposing team’s most adept shut down players. That’s an interdependence that is always true of star teammates on different lines, and it’s part of why duos like Crosby-Malkin or Lemieux-Francis or Gretzky-Messier were so dominant - half of the duo always got second-tier shadowing.

 

[Frank the Tank]

I’d like to challenge the status quo and say at this very moment I believe Drai is better than McDavid. I have watched a couple games now in depth and he is a more effective player. His skill set undeniable and he is big as they come. You are just not moving that guy in the corners.

i truly believe if he had his own team he would be in the conversation for best player in the league!

It's pretty well acknowledged on the HFOil. Not to say that McDavid has been bad; it's just that Draisaitl showed up to camp and looked like a power forward in his prime. McDavid looks like a guy still getting up to speed after a summer of physiotherapy.

 

[snipes]

I’d like to challenge the status quo and say at this very moment I believe Drai is better than McDavid. I have watched a couple games now in depth and he is a more effective player. His skill set undeniable and he is big as they come. You are just not moving that guy in the corners.

i truly believe if he had his own team he would be in the conversation for best player in the league!

I think the general consensus amongst most Oilers fans who have watched every game this year think Draisaitl has been the better player this year.

 

[canuckking1]

That contract is brutal and we don't miss PC at all. Good player, terrible value

 

[John Eichel da GOAT]

Great bump. Amazing how he went from most underrated to most overrated. Cant argue about the value of his contract though.

 

[rent free]

big if true

 

[Del Preston]

There are some god awful posts in here.

By the way, the people who watch him on a regular basis ended up being right.

 

[Steven Toast]

He's certainly one of the most talked about players on these boards.

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

There are some god awful posts in here.

This is my favorite:

Tobias Rieder will hopefully be stapled to Draisaitl all season so he doesn't have a revolving door of wingers again.

 

[DingDongCharlie]

Very pleased with his development. He’s clearly a line driver with decent line mates as the..
RNH - Draisaitl - Yamamoto line was dominant. He’s clearly a #1 caliber center and gives us options moving forward.

I was wanting him centring his own line for about a year and a half. Glad he finally got his. Still needs to improve defensively but I think as the team depth improves so will his D play as he was getting quite overworked at one point and it was showing.

 

[Del Preston]

This is my favorite:

Draisaitl + Rieder combined for 50 goals.

 

[JoVel]

This is my favorite:

so good.

 

[BertMcDrai]

Matthews
Mcdavid

Marner

Nylander
Drasatil

That´s my favorite hot take...WTF.

 

[mattihp]

That´s my favorite hot take...WTF.

To be honest I have not seen that Drasatil play yet.

 

[Tad Mikowsky]

Great bump. Amazing how he went from most underrated to most overrated. Cant argue about the value of his contract though.

Leads league in scoring

overrated

 

[John Eichel da GOAT]

Leads league in scoring

overrated

Do it for a full season without McDavid and Ill be impressed.

 

[Sugi21]

Maybe under appreciated but no sane person has him underrated

 

[Steven Toast]

Draisaitl + Rieder combined for 50 goals.

Best German duo in league history.

 

[McFlash97]

Do it for a full season without McDavid and Ill be impressed.

another dumb hot take for the win

 

[Coffey]

Do it for a full season without McDavid and Ill be impressed.

Do you say this about every top player? "Let him play with 4th liners, put up 90+ pts and I'll be impressed"
You have a really stupid bias.

 

[Sasso09]

DELETE

Didn't see the thread date

 

[Tad Mikowsky]

Do it for a full season without McDavid and Ill be impressed.

Lol, no you won’t.

You’ll just keep moving the posts for your asinine take.

110 points, clear margin over second place. “LeTs SeE hIm Do It SoLo”.

f***, why not handicap every player? Let’s see how your precious Mackinnon does without Landeskog, Makar, Rantanen for a full season too. Why stop there?

Of course your post is liked by the guy who said ROR+Reinhart>McDavid Draisaitl.

 

[aufheben]

Seriously? Two-year old thread?