
Draisaitl showing that McDavid isn’t the only Oilers star on the rise
Leon Draisaitl couldn’t get enough of the National Hockey League when he first came to North America.
A German teenager living in the small city of Prince Albert, Sask., and playing for the local Western Hockey League team, Draisaitl said he consumed more hockey than his billet Carole Ring had ever seen — and she’d been hosting players for decades.
“I’m sure some nights she wanted to watch something else, but that wasn’t OK with me,” Draisaitl said with a laugh.
Though sometimes lost in the shadow of Connor McDavid, Draisaitl is already a starring attraction himself for the Edmonton Oilers. The 21-year-old is right there among the league’s top-20 scorers this season with 17 goals and 42 points in 49 games. He’ll soon eclipse the impressive 19 goals and 51 points he managed in his rookie campaign.