POST-RAW | Leon Draisaitl 05.14.24

Leon speaks to the media as the Oilers defeated the Canucks in Game 4 to even the series at 2-2.

[@basicboomer519]

20 points in 9 games now this playoffs for Leon

[@michaelscore6763]

Best playoff hockey player of the world.... Many times. Again 2 point's tonight and his line in a 5 on 5 with the decider

[@user-cr1mj2cq3h]

why in the world is Dracula left unmarked off to the side of the opposing net so often. If you cancel him by putting a man on him like a blanket, canucks win. This is not rocket science!

[@dana102083]

​@user-cr1mj2cq3h because they shift the puck around the top forcing a zone defense to swing from side to side. When the puck is on one side, the defensive person on the far side is responsible for backdoor (think hyman) but they also meed to help their d partner if they go behind the net or if someone parks in front of the net. It leaves it exposed. So its an important job to get it right. Its been a sore spot for me eith our D. But if you overprotect another area, they wil see that and go elsewhere. Cough look at mcdavids assists and hymans goals. Not only backdoor where its harder to defend, but mcdavid often pulls people to jim so the play can develop elsewhere.

[@hyperwarrior908]

Draisaitl deserves at least a Stanley Cup in his career or that's a crime.

[@BobsUruncle-dl7cs]

Its all about location and he is in the wrong one, Edmontons for making bank not legacies.

[@fit287]

@@BobsUruncle-dl7cs wake up bob, you'd be a fool if you think Edmonton doesn't actually have a shot at it. Wake up

[@BobsUruncle-dl7cs]

@@fit287 The Oiler always have a shot @ it. But there is something in the water in Edmonton. : >)

[@michaelmcgrath8005]

Leon is a horse. Best player on the ice tonight.

[@ATGAT]

Kinda pissy.

[@michaelmcgrath8005]

@@ATGAT You shouldn’t talk about yourself like that.

[@Hockey99.]

All playoffs*

[@charleskletter8974]

Leon is German precision engineering Wayne Gretzky style at his office in the finest… 6th gear, 7th gear 8th gear…whatever gear keep it rolling…CRUSH THE CANUCKS

[@fmullet]

​@@michaelmcgrath8005leon definitely sounds pissy.

[@Hockey99.]

The best player in the playoffs.

[@charleskletter8974]

Nerve racking game. We could have lost it but LEON AND BOUCH WERE THERE TO END A POTENTIAL NIGHTMARE …no one wants OT

[@user-cr1mj2cq3h]

rigged , better to trim the grass edges and hose down the driveway than waste time watching grown men chase money. someone should send all the oilers to the barber chair . Millionaires looking like slumdogs!!

[@UhhhhhnooOOo00oO]

We? Are you on the team? Hmm

[@cellytv8063]

ArE yOu On ThE tEaM? Hurpy durp​@@UhhhhhnooOOo00oO

[@jacobbaran]

If it were regular season OT I think Edmonton would have a big advantage but 5 on 5 is tough.

[@OldWolf1933]

Great win tonight, don't let up, keep the intensity and discipline going. You can take this series.

[@michaelliu5770]

Playoffs Beast Right Here! LFG Oilers! Crazily Wild W Tonight!

[@camb3r540]

What a crazy game

[@user-zk2qy1xn2c]

Kind of a crazy game? I have to say that the Oilers are the better team but it didn't really show it (again) tonight. This will be a series!

[@camb3r540]

@@user-zk2qy1xn2c Yeah bro the series will start when the winning team doesnt win by one goal (im an oilers fan btw)

[@dana102083]

​@@camb3r540what does that even mean? It w be a nailbiter if 0-0 more than anything!

[@camb3r540]

@@dana102083 youre right, I kinda meant the last like 5 mins 😂

[@donlloyd2988]

I've always call him the Locomotive and he lived up to it! The best hockey player in the world as far as I'm concerned!

[@user-qz3zl9jq4p]

Dri was kicking ass and taking names . And KANER. All the boys pulled through ! Mcdavid Dodge duck dippin and diving . Well played all you boys !! BOUCH .

[@Aaron-fb1pq]

This guy really likes winning.

[@goengland]

AMAZING!!!!

[@zigfield723]

Absolutely dominant

[@ryand3rson]

20 points in 9 games 8G / 12A wtf

[@doubtful6474]

Let's go, boys!

[@chevelle1]

My wish is that somehow, someway Steve Yzerman makes his GM career defining move to get Draisaitl in Detroit. There’s history between him and Holland. I know it’s unlikely, but we do have the assets and cap room to do it and Oilers will have to make some moves to resign him. He’s the 2nd best player in world and arguably as good as the first. I’d take him over Matthews, Mackinnon and Kucherov who are all elite in their own right.

[@Yanv559]

German engineering at its best😊

[@aaronst.pierre3080]

I only had 2 negatives in that entire game. The Nurse screen and deflection into the Oiler net and the 4 minute minor in the first to Kane's crosscheck. Other than that, the team was fantastic in this one, up and down the lineup.

[@user-zk2qy1xn2c]

Exactly. Why four minutes ?

[@Tomastone]

Oh... cross-check? I thought it was a "high stick"? ...and that is why he got 4 & not 5.

[@ryleyw3684]

need to keep Pickard in net for next game, he did well, great win, was scared of another loss once nucks got those goals to close to the end there

[@JACKAL747]

Stop blowing leads in the last 10 minutes of the 3rd!

[@bluethunder1951]

Look at it this way, they played with the lead for 50 minutes that makes the other team open up and take chances in the last 10 they got two flukes, oilers goals were hard fought and beat the goalie each time.

[@esbhockey]

👑👑👑

[@charleskletter8974]

This has been an up and down nerve cracking game. We still got to stop their third line and garland. And they need to punish QUINN HUGHES. If ZADOROV can hit dirty on McDAVID THEN HUGHES , GARLAND, JOSHUA, MILLER ARE ALL FAIR GAME

[@ATGAT]

Lol Soucy got a game suspension for accidentally glancing McCuck in the jaw... Hyman does the same thing intentionally, no penalty. Kane climbs a step ladder to hit a dirty cross check on Myers in the face? No major. Every official is leaning the ice in your favor lmao.

[@charleskletter8974]

@@ATGAT see you in Vancouver

[@ML-my8qq]

@@ATGATand yet the Canucks have had more power plays than the Oilers have.

[@dana102083]

​@@ATGATyou know soucy personally?

[@97bronx]

The "Deutschland Dangler" ! What a game.

[@camirocz]

Lets go Oilers

[@bluethunder1951]

Oilers are in the drivers seat now, pressure is on Canucks to win game five, if they don’t it’s Na Na Na Hey Hey Hey on HNC, hopefully the game is early 8-9 start time.

[@dwightstorie1242]

Drivers seat????...WHAT

[@Thathockeyplayer497]

Thank God they won, now to learn how to not blow leads…

[@ryksalo7540]

Bouuuuuuchhhhhh

[@AdventureBurke]

more deflections in front of the net is the key theyve been missing

[@sensationaldenny]

Finally some luck on the Oilers side tonight. Vancouver came so close again to another garbage win. Out-shot and out-played as usually but the correct result this time!

[@lynnfuentas9236]

I was cursing like crazy when they tied it with another lucky bounce, thanks to Kane & Bouchard for getting the win.

[@ClassicalSquaresoft]

​​@@lynnfuentas9236no kidding. When I think about it should have been in 3-1 for Oilers if we didn't blow game one. Vancouver looked like the better team this series. But when you look deeper the Oilers were. But we made so many mistakes that costed us.

[@audrey3155]

he looks beautiful and forlorn. exactly what will win us the playoffs (knock on wood)

[@dana102083]

Yeah hes looking real.good these days, in all ways. Beast on the ice ☺️

[@theruthlesscrew2373]

Crazy how all his cool stats won’t mean much after the hand shake lineup

[@olevet75]

ikr, that's how playoffs are, from hero to zero

[@xxllbb55]

Keep a leash on " THE SLUG " Nurse and you'll do better !!!!!!!!!

[@UhhhhhnooOOo00oO]

No defense since the Oilers dynasty and they ask why they and all Canadian teams have lost for the last 30 plus years. -The Rangers bought 9 of thise dynasty players to win the cup in 1994 and then had the nerve to buy Gretzky the next year. Connor makes them worse. He is the modern more goals to entertain the mases player. No defense. "Another gear on offense"? How aboooooot they learn defense/defence, that leads to offence/offense?

[@kalinfuson7241]

Easy budy lasting 10 min is a tough rearend ride

[@ruffFlip]

Con Smythe

[@mitchstevens6008]

*Conn

[@charleskletter8974]

Arturs Silovs Looks like DOMINIC HASEK OR TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING GOALIE OF 2 YEARS AGO…must crash the net …shoot the puck on him. Kane demolished MEYERS! Next up ZADOROV AND QUINT HUGHES

[@charleskletter8974]

Must stop Arturs Silovs-hes a Major Problem …need to physically punish HUGHES, GARLAND -make that third line of the CANUCKS PAY. Should have scored on power play in the third then we wouldn’t have needed panic attack

[@marcnangelu]

hits the post & whining about it lol

[@dylon537]

High stick tip

[@monykhiev7347]

Hahahahha get your eyes checked

[@mitchstevens6008]

Losers make excuses.

[@timw4369]

edmonton knows they are a 2 player team thats it. Pickard was not good. He stood in but he was by no means a superstar

[@kovuroo]

Do you know who scored the goals today?

[@howiediep5782]

No one said he is a superstar. He is far from it. Oilers need an average goaltending to win. Skinner is sub average.

[@thatdude8710]

ole weenuk

[@mr.8810]

Did you watch the game? He made big clutch saves..

[@camilan3813]

Pickard was TERRIFIC!