Leon Draisatl - time to prove?

[EdmFlyersfan]

With Mcdavid out, Draisatl can either silence the critic's or prove them right...for the next 2-3 weeks it's time to put the spotlight on him and his true value to the Oilers and ranking in the NHL.

Thoughts ?

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[M2Beezy]

McCollapse

 

[Axel574]

Unnecessary … this can easily be discussed in the Injury thread.

 

[Mez]

Nothing will silence the critics...hes been 2ppg sine centering his own line...If he does well in the next 3 weeks there will be an excuse...if he does poorly the haters will feast.

 

[Icarium]

Prove what, he already leads the league in points without playing with McD 5 on 5.

 

[KahunWOW]

Not a single player in this league can carry that Oilers depth to success. Not even McDavid (without Drai). It really is an impossible task for Draisaitl.

If they go 4-6-0 that has to be considered a success. If they somehow stay in the playoff race at all.

 

[Talonted]

Every team the Oilers beat without Mcdavid is a surreal piece of garbage.

 

[Dustin]

3 weeks isn't going to prove anything. Drai has been great centering his own line for the past little bit but even that is not a huge sample size. If he can keep it up for an 82 game period I believe that will help silence the doubters.

 

[K Fleur]

This OP is about as HF as it gets

 

[hmc1987]

Draisaitl is an elite borderline franchise player. Dont need to prove nothing anymore

 

[KlefDown]

No. He's going to take 3 weeks personal vacation until his buddy comes back.

 

[3074326]

Anyone who still needs Drai to prove himself needs to reassess their interpretation of what they see on the ice.

 

[Bank Shot]

This OP is about as HF as it gets

He's just looking for Draisaitl to go pointless in one game so he can troll the Oilers.

You can set your watch to him showing up in anything Oilers related to troll.

Hf moderators must think its good for clicks or something.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Prove? The guy who had an amazing season last year and is currently leading the Art Ross has nothing to prove. The idea that a team can't have more than one elite player has been debunked many times in the past.

 

[Kel Varnson]

People who are thick enough to genuinely think Draisatl is a product of McDavid aren't going to change their mind based off of 2-3 weeks no matter what he does.

 

[ChaoticOrange]

Draisaitl could lead the Oilers to an 10-0-0 record without McDavid and have 28 points over that stretch that there would be people whining that the sample size is too small.

He currently leads the league in scoring, he doesn’t have to do anything other than what he’s already doing.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Has no chooce

 

[Sweetpotato]

Calling an absolute tear in the coming weeks of Draisaitl. He's done it before and I'm not sure of the team success coming but he'll go(or continue I guess)2ppg. Wouldn't be surprised if they rally around this and hold their own.

Once he does that all the sceptics will scream sample size and the stupidity will continue.

 

[Sky04]

2-3 weeks is nothing, try 3-4 months.

 

[BertMcDrai]

I don't think it's a problem for Drai to score...but to win games the whole team needs to step up for McD...but this is really hard to imagine over 3 full weeks...but if we come close to 0.450 hockey would be good...sucks even more that Neal and Nygard are also out atm.

 

[Perfect_Drug]

Yeah...

The Oilers should just forfeit the next 3 weeks of games.

Drai really can't score at all without McDavid.
He is bar none the worst 50 goal 100 point scorer in NHL history. All of his goals are easy taps into open nets, and all his assists are phantom secondary assists.

Even this year, he's drawing all the easy match-ups which is how he's beating McDavid in the scoring race.

The Oilers should really consider trading Draisaitl away for depth (2x 25 goal scorers)


I would show you a series of strange math of obscure advanced stats and random calculations to show how ineffective Draisaitl really is.










Am i doing it right?

 

[Three On Zero]

Draisaitl could lead the Oilers to an 10-0-0 record without McDavid and have 28 points over that stretch that there would be people whining that the sample size is too small.

He currently leads the league in scoring, he doesn’t have to do anything other than what he’s already doing.

Auston Matthews and Alex Ovechkin are actually tied for league lead in scoring, Divesaitl is 5th though

 

[4EDM14OIL93]

Auston Matthews and Alex Ovechkin are actually tied for league lead in scoring, Divesaitl is 5th though

Weak troll job.

Why didn’t you respond to my post in the other thread when I asked you to explain how he dove?

 

[Beau Knows]

3 good weeks or 3 bad weeks in the middle of the season aren't going to define a player.

 

[ToDavid]

I was a fairly strong doubter but I think he's already proven himself so far this year. I do think his (and the team's) production will take a hit on the power play but I think Draisaitl will keep going at 5v5.