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NHL Draft War Room: Leon Draisaitl

By Christopher Ralph February 24th, 2014

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Leon Draisaitl

THW’s NHL Draft War Room Rankings: #5

THW’s NHL Draft Rankings – The Next Ones Edition (aka Chris’s List): #5 (March 2014)

Leon Draisaitl

Leon Draisaitl #92 Team Orr at BMO CHL Top Prospects Game (Photo: Brad Watson)

  • HashtagNickname: #TheDeutschlandDangler, #GermanGretzky  
  • Team: #29, Prince Albert, WHL
  • Position: Centre
  • Shoots: Left
  • Height: 6’2
  • Weight: 208 lb.
  • Born: Cologne, Germany, 27-Oct-95
  • Twitter A/C: @Drat_29

Stats

Other Rankings

2 – NHL Combined – Mid-term, Jan-14

5 – Bob MacKenzie, Jan-14

6 – Future Considerations, Feb-14

11 – Craig Button, Jan-14

11 – ISS, Feb-14

Worth Retweeting

Very candid response from Draisaitl there when I asked about the weak part of his game. Admitted his defensive game is not great and skating

— Guy Flaming (@TPS_Guy) February 15, 2014

Leon Draisaitl, ranked No. 2 by @NHLCentralScout, idolized Marco Sturm & Jochen Hecht while growing up in Germany. http://t.co/hDsJdSvIiD

— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) January 13, 2014

BMO CHL/NHL Top Prospects Video Profile – @PARaidersHockey Leon Draisaitl http://t.co/n0YFNyoS7f #BMOTP

— The WHL (@TheWHL) January 6, 2014

http://t.co/TMB326PEad
#7 Leon Draisaitl @Drat_29
Dominating on puck… powers his way up ice & protects well. Determined difference-maker

— ISS Hockey (@ISShockey) January 22, 2014

[For all the prospects profiled in the THW NHL Draft War Room series check out

the 2014 NHL Draft War Room: Prospect Profile Index]

Profiles

  • Profile 1: Neate Sager at Yahoo! Sports Canada
  • Profile 2: Bryant44 at ontheforecheck.com

Quotable

  • Quote 1: Dan Marr, NHL Director of NHL Central Scouting at NHL.com, “All season long he’s continued to develop as a prospect. You noticed him all the time last year and he’s gone out there and become a dominant player for Prince Albert this year. We like him as a top-five pick.”

From the War Room

  • Eldon MacDonald, THW: A few words on Leon Draisaitl:
    • Big man size – Every team could use a big centre with elite skills. Although, he is not a hitter per say, he has that big man swagger about him.
    • Hockey sense – Leon reads the play well and immediately acts on that read.
    • Soft hands – Leon can be the scorer or the set up guy – he has those soft hands that makes the puck do what he wants it to do. They call him “The German Gretzky”.
    • Potential growth – As good as he is now, a few more improvements in his skating, a little more physicality and this guy could be close to unstoppable. Top five in my books but a team betting on those improvements could take him much higher.

Video

  • Video 1: Hat trick from Hockey Prospect Videos

If you didn't see Leon Draisaitl's hat trick from last night, watch it right now – http://t.co/pCWCWDPdlv via @HPdraftvideo

— Zenon Herasymiuk (@ZenonHerasymiuk) February 5, 2014

  • Video 2: Shootout goal:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i517J5l5QE

About NHL Draft War Room Series

This series is compiled by Eldon MacDonald and edited by @ChrisRalphTHW)

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