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Originally Posted by sureLoss
It's coming from a few people who are close to the Oilers organization.
Jim Matheson and Bob Stauffer are pumping Draisaitl. Stauffer has been for the past few weeks been preaching on Edmonton radio that the Oilers aren't necessarily going for Ekblad.
Also a poster on this board who works for the Oilers is implying that the Oilers may have Draisaitl ranked even higher than Ekblad.
Draisaitl plays a physical type of game and has the size to back it up that the Oilers are sorely missing in their top 6.
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Draisaitl is not a physical player at all. He only shields and protects the puck with his size... I think Bennett would be a better pick for them.