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Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

In 17 games between November 24th and December 31st, he was a minus player in 16 of them. He was +-0 in the other one, and was only 0 in that one because of a last minute 6 on 5 goal that pulled the Oilers within 1, in a game the oilers lost in regulation.

In those 17 games, Raisaitl was -27.

During that stretch, he was on the ice for:

4 GF Even strength
2 GF 6 on 5
30 GA Even strength
3 GA with the Oilers on the PP.

Originally Posted by Bingo

To me Draisaitl is what he is ... a great complimentary player.

I don't think he's a Hart guy.

In the last two years he's earned 72% of his points with McDavid on the ice (53% of the time if I remember correctly). How can you be the most valuable player, when you need another player to boost your numbers?

His contract is now a steal, but that's complicated too, because his contract was a boosting contract for the league, sending salaries up to which now makes his contract look good. Circular loop.

In a deeper numbers era it's hard to look past how pedestrian his 5 on 5 numbers are. I'm sure Hart winners in the past have won while being sketchy defensively, but he's been owned in almost every 5 on 5 metric in the last two years.

Great complimentary player though.

The question is will his own and on ice shooting percentage hold, or were the two years an aberration.

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

If you want to look at offensive and defensive contributions combined, GAR is a reasonable thing to have a look at. Let's see where Draisaitl slots in among the top players in that regard...

... yeah, he's not even on the list.

Amazing!