Posts About "Leon Draisaitl"
NHLers by Country: On Top of Their Game and the World
October 4th, 2020 It may be called the National Hockey League, but it sure feels more like it could be an international one. Of course, the now-defunct International Hockey League was in operation for decades, but as a North American farm league for NHL teams. There’s nothing purely North American about the NHL, not any longer anyway, not based on a...
The Oilers’ Lengthy History of Major Individual Award Winners
September 30th, 2020 The Edmonton Oilers’ lengthy and storied history in the NHL involves numerous major individual awards. The franchise has had a player win nearly every major award, including in the WHA, with the exclusion of the Selke, Calder, and Masterton Trophies. This spans over eras with the 1980s Stanley Cup teams garnering a multitude of...
Ranking Every Hart Trophy Winner From 2005 to 2020
September 22nd, 2020 As the NHL-equivalent to a Most Valuable Player award, the Hart Memorial Trophy is the league's most coveted award. Often times it coincides with the league's top goal-scorer or point producer, but sometimes a surprise winner emerges. With the latest winner being named it's a good time to lay out which Hart-winning season has been the...
Leon Draisaitl Wins Hart Trophy and Ted Lindsay Award
September 21st, 2020 Leon Draisaitl has been named the Hart Trophy winner for the 2019-20 season. Draisaitl is the first German-born player in the history of the NHL to win the Hart Trophy award. He's also the fourth different player in Edmonton Oilers' history to win the award with Connor McDavid doing so in 2016-17, Mark Messier winning it for the 1989-90...
Draisaitl Is Playing in the Shadow of McDavid
September 17th, 2020 The Edmonton Oilers have missed the playoffs in 13 of 14 seasons since they faced the Carolina Hurricanes in the Stanley Cup Final in 2006. This stretch put the franchise in position to draft two of the best players in the league - Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. The NHL history books are littered with one star player playing on a...
Oilers News & Rumors: Draisaitl, Russell, Ekman-Larsson, More
September 16th, 2020 In an Edmonton Oilers news and rumors update, there is talk about Leon Draisaitl heading back to Europe, speculation the Edmonton Oilers have been in talks with the Arizona Coyotes about a couple of players and debate about which defenseman the team might look to trade. Plus, could the Oilers look to the Pittsburgh Penguins to help...
Connor McDavid Will Always Make His Linemates Better
September 14th, 2020 Since 2015 when they unexpectedly won the Connor McDavid lottery, the Edmonton Oilers have only gotten two brief tastes of the playoffs. A blown series lead versus the Anaheim Ducks ended things in 2016-17, while bad bounces and lack of scoring depth cut their run short in this year's wacky preliminary round. Watching the final four...
All-Decade NHL Draft – 2010 to 2019
August 28th, 2020 With 2019 coming to an end, it brings the end of a decade with it. This past decade has brought some of the best players to ever play the game into the NHL through everyone's favourite event: the NHL Entry Draft. Thinking about this, I decided to go back through every draft of the 2010s and pick the best selection at each spot for the...
Oilers Behind 8-Ball as Blackhawks Eke Out 4-3 Win
August 6th, 2020 On April 30, 1986, on Steve Smith’s 23rd birthday, the Edmonton Oilers’ defenseman scored an own goal during Game 7 of the opening round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. It was a backbreaker against a lower-ranked Calgary Flames team. Smith put the puck off goaltender Grant Fuhr from the side of the net. The goal ended a potential...
Oilers News & Rumors: McDavid, Draisaitl, Athanasiou, Record 50/50
August 4th, 2020 In an Edmonton Oilers news and rumors update, the Oilers have tied their best-of-five series with the Chicago Blackhawks, but that's not the only news out of the city on Tuesday. McDavid Pots First Playoff Hat Trick, Hates Hats Connor McDavid posted his first career playoff hat trick in the Oilers 6-3 win over the Chicago...
Oilers News & Rumors: Broberg, Neal, Draisaitl, McDavid, More
July 22nd, 2020 In an Edmonton Oilers news and rumors update, Leon Draisaitl was announced as a Hart Trophy Finalist, but his teammate isn't sure he'll win the award. James Neal says he feels better than he ever has, the Oilers loan out a defenseman, and Philip Broberg has made the bubble for the Oilers and will officially join the hub team. Leon...
Oilers' Tippett Deserves Jack Adams Recognition
July 20th, 2020 The NHL announced on July 15 that Bruce Cassidy of the Boston Bruins, Alain Vigneault of the Philadelphia Flyers, and John Tortorella of the Columbus Blue Jackets were finalists for the Jack Adams Award, an honor handed out annually to the head coach that "contributed the most to his team’s success” by the NHL's Broadcasters'...
Oilers News & Rumors: Bear, Samorukov, Green, Puljujarvi, More
July 16th, 2020 In an Edmonton Oilers news and rumors update, there is talk about what it will cost for the Oilers to hang onto defenseman Mike Green. In other news, the team has loaned prospect d-man Samarukov to the KHL, Ethan Bear is getting lots of love, as is Ted Lindsay Finalist Leon Drasiatil. Green's Price Point Next Season During...
