Posts About "Leon Draisaitl"
Fantasy Forecaster: Studs of the 2019-20 Season
June 15th, 2020 With the 2019-20 regular season now officially completed, fantasy seasons have also come to an end. Unfortunately, many leagues were abandoned before a champion was crowned. Related: NHL Hat Tricks History & Fun Facts However, every good fantasy manager knows the importance of evaluating the previous season and the work that...
3 Reasons the Oilers Will Beat the Blackhawks
May 31st, 2020 With the announcement of the NHL's return to play plan on Tuesday, the fifth-seeded Edmonton Oilers will face the 12th-seeded Chicago Blackhawks in the play-in round of the new 24-team playoff tournament. No official start date was announced, but this is a positive step towards getting the players back on the ice this...
Oilers News & Rumors: Draisaitl, McDavid, Smith, Neal, More
May 27th, 2020 In an Edmonton Oilers news and rumors update, there is a lot to digest coming out of the announcement made by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman on Tuesday, many items of which affect the Oilers specifically. Draisaitl appears to have won a major award, the Oilers potentially got a massive consolation prize, and some players may get...
Oilers Season Storylines Left Unfinished
May 8th, 2020 Imagine going to the movies to watch that blockbuster you’ve been waiting for years to see. It’s a reboot of your most beloved franchise flick. It has your favourite stars playing roles they were destined to be in. It’s everything you’ve hoped for, the director and producers got it right. There are heroes, villains, action, and...
The Hockey Writers' 2019-20 NHL Awards
May 1st, 2020 Welcome to the ninth annual installment of our Year-End Awards here at The Hockey Writers. At the conclusion of every National Hockey League regular season, we ask all active writers to submit their picks for the following categories. Voting was conducted by e-mail through April, while voters were instructed to provide up to three...
Oilers’ Top 5 Games of 2019-20
April 26th, 2020 The Edmonton Oilers did you a favour. You may find yourself with some time on your hands. Forget Netflix, or maybe you've already watched everything. It's time to rewatch some of the best games of the season. Here are the Oilers' top five games of the 2019-20 season. 5. Opening Night: Canucks at Oilers, Oct. 2, 2019 Without...
Projecting Germany's 2022 Olympic Roster
April 23rd, 2020 United StatesCanadaSwedenRussiaFinlandCzech RepublicSwitzerlandMedal Round: Best of the Projected 2022 Olympic Rosters Coming off of a surprise silver medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics, Germany will look to show the world that they’re a budding hockey nation in 2022. And if NHL players are allowed to participate, the Germans...
Top 15 NHL Power Forwards
April 16th, 2020 It is a rare commodity for a player to have size, skill and intelligence to put it all together on a nightly basis. This particular combination is defined as a power forward. Through the NHL's history, many have excelled in this role. Cam Neely was a player that scared opponent's going into the corner just as much as he did getting...
All-Decade NHL Draft – 2010 to 2019
April 11th, 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...
Edmonton Oilers' Key Moments From 2019-20
April 2nd, 2020 Out of all seasons to announce a pause, it had to be this one, didn’t it? It couldn’t have been during one of the three seasons that the Edmonton Oilers accumulated 62 points in the last decade? As frustrating and heartbreaking as this situation is (overall), it doesn’t change the fact that the playoff-hungry team produced a...
Leon Draisaitl's Top 5 Games of 2019-20
March 31st, 2020 Edmonton Oilers superstar Leon Draisaitl has taken his game to new heights this season. He is already the best player ever born and trained in Germany, and now he's among the best players in the NHL. After scoring 50 goals and 105 points in 82 games in 2018-19, Draisaitl has put up 43 goals and 110 points in just 71 games this...
Oilers News & Rumors: Draisaitl, Slepyshev, Kassian, More
March 30th, 2020 In an Edmonton Oilers news and rumors update, Zack Kassian has found himself on the receiving end of a few humorous shots from his teammates and both Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid talk about what's going on with their downtime and what they'd like to see going forward with the NHL season. In other news, James Neal is listed as a...
2014 NHL Draft Top 10: Where Are They Now?
March 12th, 2020 As players selected at the 2014 NHL Draft reach their sixth season in the NHL, this provides a perfect opportunity to look back on the top-10 players selected. So, have the top-10 lived up to their franchise-defining billings, or have these players failed to reach meet the hype of their draft position? Note: The 2014 NHL Draft was...
