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Originally Posted by indes
The deployment was insane. Everyone piled on and mocked the Oilers for force feeding Draisaitl minutes and using him as a scoring star when he wasn't. Then lo and behold he broke out and became the star they were using him as.
Calgary has had a major problem with new blood coming in as they never want to give top 6 or top 4 spots to rookies unless they absolutely have to.
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Draisaitl was always going to be a great player. You could see it even in his junior days. The raw power he possessed coupled with his vision, ability to make plays from his backhand, plus throw in that innate ability to protect and shield the puck. The puck always seemed to follow him too which is a good sign.
Draisaitl was always going to figure it out eventually, he just needed to fix his mobility and take some power skating classes. That was all that was missing. He had everything else.