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Originally Posted by dammage79
Hey, I hate the Oilers as much as the next guy but can we seriously sit here and say that this Flames roster wouldn't be vastly different if we had neon Leon instead of hotly debated Sam Bennett?
I'm of the opinion....coming from a top 5 Bennett booster on this board that Draisaitl (scoring champ) would be this teams number 1 center.
I absolutely Loathe the fact the Oilers have Draisaitl. I loathe the fact I think he is a turd burglar and a bit of a chump. But what is undeniable is his talent, skill and production. He is the primary player on an Oilers team that has the supposed best player on the planet McDavid. I know Oil fans personally who belive this. And I think they're right.
Tell me you would care if Draisaitl put up 120 beside Gaudreau but didn't care about defense.
Tkachuk is a good player. Maybe not great but IMO he isnt even close to Draisaitl. I HATE SAYING THAT. And the position thing as always tells us who is more valuable. Centers.
Stupid Oilers. Draisaitl on any other team, literally any other team and nobody here would be slanting him this hard.
Meh. I hate that you made me defend a stupid Oiler. But Neon Leon is legitimately better than chuckles.
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You can call me a homer if you want but I will not admit Draisaitl is better than Tkachuk. There are lots of stats that show he isn't that great of a play driver. I'm sure he has improved a bit by now but he has never been an amazing play driver. Anyone who thinks he's the guy over McDavid is flat out wrong and I will bet that we see him fall down to earth a bt this year as I think Yamamoto will too, and I think Yamamoto's play was key in Draisaitl doing what he did last year. Draisaitl is obviously better but before last year there were legitimate questions on whether or not he could drive his own line and I'm not ready to say that question has been answered yet.
I'm going to say this agin just to drive it home but Draisaitl is literally one of the worst defensive players in the league (I'm talking like bottom 5 of all 300+ players).
Obviously we'd be better had we gotten him instead of Bennett. But Last year everything lined up perfectly for Draisaitl and I don't think we see that again this year. I will admit that I'm wrong if he proves it to me but I need one more season to know for sure