Leon Draisaitl may win the Ted Lindsay Award, or perhaps the Hart Trophy. But rather than focusing on individual trophies, the EdmontonOilers' dressing room is ready to hunt for hockey’s ultimate team trophy. (via SportsnetSpec)
Draisaitl picked up the half-step he required to skate at the NHL level, and added the valuable skill of shielding the puck better than most. Today, he is one of hockey’s best players at fighting the traffic and emerging to make a play.
“I think of a guy like Peter Forsberg, who used to invite that contact and protect the puck. Make it hard for the opponent to check him while he’s on his back,” said Draisaitl’s head coach, Dave Tippett. “Leon is a power forward with high, high skill. Heavy when he has the puck.” “I know what my limits are, in terms of carrying the play, I know that I’m probably not the best at carrying the puck through three zones,” he said. “I like when I can engage with defenders and hold them off, and then maybe try and find an open guy.”
But here in Edmonton, as good as Draisaitl has become, we would wager he wouldn’t win the “Best Player on the Oilers Award,” if there were one. Inside the dressing room however, there is no sense that anyone really cares about the individual trophies, as the hunt for hockey’s ultimate team trophy begins.and Draisaitl running separate lines, coming together on the powerplay, and working to bring the players around them as close to their level as possible.
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