Leon Draisaitl

THW’s NHL Draft War Room Rankings: #5

THW’s NHL Draft Rankings – The Next Ones Edition (aka Chris’s List): #5 (March 2014)

Hashtag Nickname : #TheDeutschlandDangler, #GermanGretzky

Team: #29, Prince Albert, WHL

#29, Prince Albert, WHL Position: Centre

Centre Shoots: Left

Left Height: 6’2

6’2 Weight: 208 lb.

208 lb. Born: Cologne, Germany, 27-Oct-95

Cologne, Germany, 27-Oct-95 Twitter A/C: @Drat_29

Stats

Other Rankings

2 – NHL Combined – Mid-term, Jan-14

5 – Bob MacKenzie, Jan-14

6 – Future Considerations, Feb-14

11 – Craig Button, Jan-14

11 – ISS, Feb-14

Worth Retweeting

Very candid response from Draisaitl there when I asked about the weak part of his game. Admitted his defensive game is not great and skating — Guy Flaming (@TPS_Guy) February 15, 2014

Leon Draisaitl, ranked No. 2 by @NHLCentralScout, idolized Marco Sturm & Jochen Hecht while growing up in Germany. http://t.co/hDsJdSvIiD — NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) January 13, 2014

http://t.co/TMB326PEad

#7 Leon Draisaitl @Drat_29

Dominating on puck… powers his way up ice & protects well. Determined difference-maker — ISS Hockey (@ISShockey) January 22, 2014

Profiles

Profile 1: Neate Sager at Yahoo! Sports Canada

Neate Sager at Profile 2: Bryant44 at ontheforecheck.com

Quotable

Quote 1: Dan Marr, NHL Director of NHL Central Scouting at NHL.com, “All season long he’s continued to develop as a prospect. You noticed him all the time last year and he’s gone out there and become a dominant player for Prince Albert this year. We like him as a top-five pick.”

From the War Room

Eldon MacDonald, THW: A few words on Leon Draisaitl : Big man size – Every team could use a big centre with elite skills. Although, he is not a hitter per say, he has that big man swagger about him. Hockey sense – Leon reads the play well and immediately acts on that read. Soft hands – Leon can be the scorer or the set up guy – he has those soft hands that makes the puck do what he wants it to do. They call him “ The German Gretzky ”. Potential growth – As good as he is now, a few more improvements in his skating, a little more physicality and this guy could be close to unstoppable. Top five in my books but a team betting on those improvements could take him much higher.

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Video

Video 1: Hat trick from Hockey Prospect Videos

If you didn't see Leon Draisaitl's hat trick from last night, watch it right now – http://t.co/pCWCWDPdlv via @HPdraftvideo — Zenon Herasymiuk (@ZenonHerasymiuk) February 5, 2014

Video 2: Shootout goal:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i517J5l5QE

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