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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
The big question for me is if Draisaitl can create enough on his own consistently away from McDavid. We have had short sample sizes thus far. Is Draisaitl the beast during the Anaheim series? Or is he a very strong complimentary player who struggles somewhat when he is 'the guy' on a line? We don't have enough of a sample size in his young career thus far, but I would bet the truth is somewhere in the middle. On which side of the fence he leans to will be really interesting, and that is why any long-term deal with high dollars at this point carries some risk with it. He MAY not be that guy, or he may end up truly an elite center.
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That's a question that might never be answered if Draisaitl stays in Edmonton.
When Detroit won their cup in 2008, Zetterberg played 60% of his playoff icetime with Datsyuk.
That was Babcock. McLellan is from that same school. I'd say odds are high that Draisaitl gets a pretty good amount of icetime with McDavid every season they are on the same team.