The funny thing about Draisaitl is, when you see him moving, he seems to skate so stiff but in fact he`s damn fast. You can`t really tell why he is so good, but the numbers don`t lie, he`s that good.

Leon Draisaitl is the modern evolution of the power forward. He doesn't throw crushing hits like Ovechkin, but he leverages size and power as well as anyone with the league. And he uses his hockey IQ to create a truly unique threat. I'm a Flyers fan (regrettably), but Draisaitl is competing with Matthews for my favorite player in the NHL. Love him as a player.

As a german, thank you, a lot of people say Leon is only good because of Connor, but he isn't, they are equal, just with another style of play, Connor makes fantastic and effective stuff and Leon just does effective stuff. Also a huge factor of why he is so great is that because of him hockey is becoming more popular in Germany (sadly still a soccer country), but especially after his trophy year, everyone here knew about him. After that most of the junior teams here became bigger, so maybe there's the next German Gretzky in the making because of the German Gretzky himself. Great video bro! :)

It's no wonder why Leon is one of the top ten players in the League consistently since he broke out with his first 100-point season. Definitely a beast of a player.

His size and strength have a lot to do with his success he's able to hold off most defenders indefinitely it seems while he's looking for an open lane or teammate. He's excellent at reading plays and conserving his energy I swear I barely notice him some nights until I look at the scoresheet. When I watch games live I'll often follow a player's entire shift and he's one of the smartest players in the league.

He absolutely is my favourite player. I also like his attitude.

Fun Fact here: A good friend of my dad was the youth coordinator of the Mannheimer ERC back in thr year where Leon put up 192 Points in 29 games. He played on a line with Domink Kahun (former NHLer now Swiss League) and Dominik Tiffels (Point per Game player in Germanys Top League last season). He told us that they were so dominant that due to respect and fairness torwards the other team they most of the time played only 2 out of the 3 periods, sometimes even only 1 out of 3. Just think about that for a second.

I have maintained this for a couple years now, Leon Draisaitl could lead the league in goal scoring if he felt like it... And truthfully, I very much believe that he will in fact do just that in the very near future... 😤

So for me as a German born in 1981 in East Germany (former Russia area) and a hockey player myself, Leon is the best player Germany has ever had. For sure! As other Germans may already sad, Germany puts most of the money into Soccer. That is the reason why we only have a few players that can reach the level to play in the NHL. It is a shame, because there are probably a lot hidden talents, that will never see the inside of an hockey arena. Just because we don’t have that much arenas. And the popularity of hockey is missing… it is all about the fu..ing soccer. Anyway, nice video go keep what you’re doing. Loved it!!! Fun to watch and fingers crossed for the Oilers to win the Cup 👍🙏😊

He worked hard on his skating after being big and talented at a young age. The next generation of prospects can note a few trasition steps he did well above average. Skating, team success, and shooting the puck enough times to continue keeping the goalies guessing. Mark Messier left an authentic legacy of leadership with exceptional talent, he complimented Gretzky so well. Leon is well on his way being on that level. Good luck Oilers.

Watched him play and really start to develop when he was a prince albert raider. He wasnt getting the points at first, but he was making his potential and skill known. He's been my favorite player ever since

Fellow oilers fan here, I’m loving these videos!! You earned a like and a sub! GO OILERS!!! Loved the intro and the video idea btw!!

Well we can only hope that one day Oilers can win again Stanley Cup as first Canadian team in a very long time . Leon was not even born last time round . And as European viewer happy to see again like with Gretzky/Kurri McDavid/Draisaitl a Canadian/European combo doing well

Congrats on the growth of the channel!! That’s so exciting, making some really entertaining content! 🎉

Wow great video Trev! Keep doing what you’re doing and you will blow this channel up. I’m not even a hockey fan but I enjoy watching your videos. Maybe I’m just a little bit bias though. Lol

Excellent video - love all the detailed information and your video editing skills! Great job!! Subscribing and liking!

I've loved watching Leon evolve into the absolute superstar he is today, its cool knowing a bit more about his history overseas now too. Great vid. I am so Extremely stoked for the 2022-23 season !!!!

Very good vid! Leon is an exceptional player and having a guy like McDavid really helps out too

Great video dude. My dad thought I was nuts when i wanted 29 to be my number after Drai's first big season with the Oilers. He's been my favorite player for years now and I hope Edmonton can keep him forever, and maybe win a couple cups along the way

Sick editing at the end and then to end it on the Sakic like Olympic gold clincher goal! Love IT!

This is a great video. Drai is an unreal player. I also believe that was the changing point in his career what Todd said.

Unbelievable content my dude. That's all I can say. Great job.

My favourite player. I believed in him when there was a lot of chatter about him being lazy...🙄

The Deutschland Dangler! I remember people laughing when I said he could be as good as Connor just in a different way. I grew up blocks away from the coliseum and saw the 80’s Oilers play, I have zero issue saying Leon is my favourite Oiler of all time! I’d like this again if I could! Really well done man, look forward to future vids and I think this year is gonna give you lots of ideas! LetsGoOilers!

Many Oiler fans also know about the belief that McLellan had in Leon. Great video. 27K views so far. I thought that they should have tried the Dominik Kahun experiment for a bit longer. He had tremendous success with Leon in minor hockey, and in his 48 games with Edmonton in that shortened 2020-21 "bubble" season, he had 9 goals, 6 assists and 15 pts. For comparison, this season, after 46 games (so far), that's more goals or points than McLeod, Yamo, Fogele, Ryan, Holloway or Puljujarvi. He could be had on a one year league minimum contract and could be sent down whenever needed. If he was 2 inches taller and 25 lbs heavier, I'm sure he would still be in the NHL.

Great job with this AweSome Vid !!!!

Nice to see that you now have a thousand subscribers

great work, great guy

Great job. These videos should become very popular!!

Go Leon! Beast! As an Oiler I remember hus first game. He was big and u could tell he could.protect the puck against the wall well. He had a big paddle and used it like a row on a boat. You could tell he was going to be a great backhand passer. He knew where to be on the ice. Even though he got sent back to the minors AHL team I was excited about his future. Of course he exceeded his expectations. But i was reminded of Jagr and his puck play. But even more competitive i think. Cant wait till he holds the cup with mcdavid

Good job young man. Greatings from Germany🇩🇪

Great vid!

Liked and subscribed in the first ten seconds buddy

190 points in 29 games in is hilarious

Great editing, especially the outro

Speed was the big concern for Leon. Scouts were worried he wouldn't get faster/quicker which would hinder his future success in the NHL. Thankfully for the Oilers, it did improve quite a bit. He also became a prolific goal scorer which no one saw coming.

Very good vids bud keep up

Fantastic!

I don't want to generalize here - but the steadfast German work ethic / discipline / paired with hard-nosed, tough SOB resiliency are likely big factors in his upbringing. Much respect to his parents and community as he was growing up.

Excellent!

Nailed it

great vid

Very nice content.

McLellan was and is such a good coach. He taught the guys to fight in every game, and not to quit. I'm seeing it right now in the Oilers vs Kings series. I saw the Oilers go up 2-0 and I was like McLellan is behind the Kings bench. They aren't going away. Sure enough, tooth and nail the whole game.

I was a believer too. I realized Leon was special the first time I seen him play. I thought his contract was one of the best in the league. Many thought the Oilers overpaid. I was not surprised when Leon was able to put up McDavid numbers and win the Hart trophy. I agree that Todd was influential when it comes to Leon being the best player. Leon's dad. Todd Mclellan and Connor are probably his greatest influences

leon has only gotten 10x better since you made this

i rarely bother to leave a like or subscribe , but since you asked so nicely ... :)

Great video do nick backstrom, top notch play maker has assists on so many of Ovi’s goals

Todd MacLellan is a brilliant coach at finding and developing players. Remember this is the guy that took the Sharks from the bottom of the league to the top in just a few short years. It's no wonder he was able to see the potential in Drai. All I can say about whether he should have went first is, being from Edmonton, I'm sure glad he didn't. lol

good stuff. you should enjoy some success

But, the Oilers needs more, then a Draisaitl anda Connor. With this both, they can win the great Cup. But DEFENSE. Greetings from a DEG fan Germany ( sorry Köln) 🤘😊). Old german Hockey joke .Düsseldorf and Köln are, at 🤔Montreal vs ,mmh against ,all of the original Six.🤘

My personal Assassin 😆🇨🇦🌐🇺🇸

as a german i really hope tim stützle will be as good as leon one day

Geiles Video! Hier ist dein Kommentar aus Deutschland 👋🏼

He has the highest hockey IQ in the league. His shot is good but it isn't game breaking. His speed is above average, but not even close to elite. His hands are nowhere near the dangle ability of Kane or McDavid. His puck protection and passing accuracy are really the only things that stands out as dominant. But his hockey brain is simply unmatched. His vision and ability to pick apart the weakness of the opposing team elevate him to a top 3 player in the NHL.

This guy is the Mike Bossy of our past😁🇨🇦🌐

He's already the best Germen player of all time !, im so glad buffalo is horrible and took sam before him. And if not for Mackinnions insane deal Leons would be the best contract in the NHL.

I can't believe there were rumors of him being traded to montreal for Subban, back in the day

I don't think McLelland's style of play suited the Oilers. However, yes, I think in terms of youth development he's very good.

Awesome Video! Earned a sub from me

He’s been a superstar for at least 5 seasons…like the great Jari Kurri before him, the more complete player is overshadowed by the flashier points monster. Most fans need the media, players or others to tell them what’s up, I knew he was gonna be very special & elite, within a couple of seasons. They also share some anti-Euro-pro-N. American bias…

Leon is extremely smart on the ice

Grüßgott from Germany 🙋‍♂️

Leon Draisaitl has been the best goal scorer in the league. Compared to Matthews if we dissect what the best goal scorers means, it should be efficiency and quantity. Matthews has 257 goals out of 1577 shots leaving his avg shooting at 16.4% in 407 games. Draisaitl however has 254 goals out of 1443 shots with an average shooting% of 17.6% in 558 games. As of now I can argue Draisaitl is the better goal scorer but Matthews can mostly definitely be better than Draisaitl any given year in the future. On the flipside Draisaitl rarely gets hurt compared to Matthews.

Space is a special place on the Ice and when you find it its special ask Gretzky ask OVECHKIN 😁🇨🇦🇺🇸🌐

He's more like a German Belliveau. That's a pretty good thing to be.

Let's hope he stays injury free

THE OILERS NEED SOME GD defense and a goalie hope this a Canadian team can win the Stanley cup

He just might be as good as me. Thats why he is THAT good

Can you do a deep dive of Evander Kane?

Draisaitl's still very underrated in my opinion, quietly getting two 50 goal seasons without taking home the Rocket Richard. Todd McClellan had a big influence on Leon, which is one of the biggest reasons why he's playing so well in the NHL. Still miss McClellan firing him was a mistake.

I almost thought it was Alexander Daigle doing this video lol

Great job! I gave it a like, even though you lose 10 points for trump's voice and face, tho. There is no need to soil your nice video with that.

The best german hockeyplayer? Well ... the best so far maybe.

The 2nd best playmaker in the league but he doesn’t get to do playmaker things often because of McDavid

I thought it was Hitchcock who told Leon to be the best player on the ice.Not Todd.

Trevor Trudeau?

Mcdavid.This should have been a 2 second video

I bet Florida would take Drai over Ekblad if they could have a do over

fyi, in the thumbnail you spelled overrated, "g-o-o-d"... hope it isnt too late to fix it... #GoLeafsGo ;-)

LOOK FELLAS: I'm going to trade you this abysmal video of an "analysis" and tell you why Draisaitl came 3rd overall. First of all, scouts thought he was slower than the rest of the class, but Draisaitl had vision that didn't come around so often while he was playing for the Prince Albert Raiders. A lot of guys passed on Leon, so did I, but he was still top 5 for me. If you do a serious, and I mean serious, deep dive on his play with the Raiders, you will see he plays with exceptional vision. There have been many players with "vision" but Leon was great because he could do it while he was a slow skater (you can see this now, but it meshes with McDavid), but because he progressively got better. He eventually hit the bar in 2015. You can see his one-knee one-timer as evidence of someone who trains. Not many players train, train, train, train and train. I just wrote this because I get sick of all these youtubers trying to gain views off something they know absolutely nothing about.

My son tapes his Warrior stick like Drai, works on his one timer religiously in the garage, wears his shin pads over his tongues. He wrote him a letter last year, sent fan pics; I don’t know how much fan mail he gets but we never got a response. Even a canned response from the oilers would’ve been nice. Too busy being an absolute beast putting up 55/55 and taking a high ankle sprain the WC finals. Still a fan.

Der einzige Eishockeyspieler mit 2 Paaren Augen, eines vorne am Kopf, eines Hinten. The only hockey player with 2 pair of eyes, one at the front, one at the back.

Todd Mclellan was an awful coach with the Oilers the last 2 - 3 years of his tenure. At least one former player said he was a poor communicator and I believe it. Did a great job with the Kings last year though . . .

Lmao "I'm an Oilers fan and I've been this way since I was a kid" You make it sound like a disease

How come jocks all adopt the same haircut 🤔

mcdavid

eh

What about Auston Matthews or Jack Hughes.

If ur names Trevor r you overcompinsating by calling ur channel above average jk

This guy has never heard of Fedorov or molgilny

McDavid is the answer

Does Draisaitl get overrated a bit? Is Draisaitl the 2nd best goal scorer in the NHL? Is Draisaitl a top 5 playmaker in the league? Is Draisaitl a franchise talent? Is Draisaitl horrible defensively? Is Draisaitl a top 5 player in the NHL yes. How does Draisaitl get overrated a bit? well some people call him the 2nd best in the league which isnt the case I say Draisaitl is the 4th best player in the league

Dont need to watch the video, McDavid made him. End of dicussion

Of coarse everyone appreciates Connor but my favourite players our Leon D and the most fun to watch Evander K! 🏒

Wrong, the least i can do is watch the video.

Many people are saying that Leon wouldn’t be so great without mcdavid and that’s true but mcdavid wouldn’t be as good as he is right now without Leon and you can’t change my mind on that