{"id":449650,"date":"2026-02-07T00:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T00:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/449650\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T00:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T00:48:12","slug":"oilers-leon-draisaitl-gets-incredible-honor-for-germany-at-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/449650\/","title":{"rendered":"Oilers&#8217; Leon Draisaitl gets incredible honor for Germany at Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nhl\/edmonton-oilers\/news\/oilers-leon-draisaitl-incredible-honor-germany-olympics\/3b0554a5bc31d031205d4634?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Oilers&#039; Leon Draisaitl gets incredible honor for Germany at Olympics;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Oilers&#8217; Leon Draisaitl gets incredible honor for Germany at Olympics<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Sporting News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Leon Draisaitl got to carry the flag of Germany on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>At the Opening Ceremonies for the 2026 Winter Olympics, Draisaitl led the entire German contingent out in Milan with the world watching.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s quite the incredible honor for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nhl\/edmonton-oilers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Edmonton Oilers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Edmonton Oilers<\/a>&#8216; superstar.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nhl\/news\/connor-mcdavid-oilers-josh-allen-bills\/0ab0119ebac3c4586e7a54a4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:How Connor McDavid is to the Oilers what Josh Allen is to the Bills;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">How Connor McDavid is to the Oilers what Josh Allen is to the Bills<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Draisaitl is the best German hockey player of all time, and there&#8217;s really no question of that at this point.<\/p>\n<p>The Oilers made him the No. 4 overall pick in 2014 out of the WHL, but he&#8217;s originally from Cologne in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Draisaitl has won both the Ross (top scorer) and Hart (MVP) trophies in his NHL career.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year old Draisaitl has played all 845 of his NHL games for the Oilers. He has scored 428 goals and dished out 608 assists (1,036 points).<\/p>\n<p>This season in 55 games, Draisaitl has 29 goals and 51 assists (80 points).<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s on pace for his fifth consecutive season of more than 100 points.<\/p>\n<p>Draisaitl and his German squad will be underdogs to make a deep Olympic run, but with one of the world&#8217;s best scorers leading the way, both metaphorically and literally, they&#8217;ll have a chance to pull off a surprise.<\/p>\n<p>More NHL news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oilers&#8217; Leon Draisaitl gets incredible honor for Germany at Olympics originally appeared on The Sporting News. 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