Is there any doubt? Leon Draisaitl is this year’s Most Valuable Player

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If Leon Draisaitl loses any foundation in the NHL’s Hart and Ted Lindsay Awards matches as he sat four games and dropped to third in league scores, he will get all the games in a huge Leap on Saturday night.

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It can also be called “a huge leap for humanity” because it does go beyond this world.

After 10 days of injury, in his first game, the team wasn’t even sure if he would play, Draisaitl used hockey night in Canada, the Alberta campaign stage was outstanding, providing performance for age groups and firmly re-establishing his claim as the best player of the season, the best player of the season and the best player of the whole time.

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3-2 win three points?

He scored for the 50th time this season, putting the game and regulation to win 3:12 left?

In addition to ending the Calgary Flames season, he earned his 51st overtime in overtime, adding another exclamation mark?

Who is that?

The most valuable player in the NHL, that’s who.

There are some great players who put a lot of numbers into today’s game, but what Dresel did this season alone.

“I think he is the MVP,” said longtime teammate Nurse Darnell. “Look at what he did this year, if we didn’t have a lot of effort and performances he did, we probably wouldn’t be where we were.

“He is very valuable to our group, not only on the ice, but on the ice, his work ethics and attention to detail. It’s not a problem in my opinion.”

Wayne Gretzky once had this – a feeling of timing so dramatic and perfect, almost scripted. After more goals in the past four seasons (199) than any other player in the league, you sometimes forget his dominance.

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Then, on a night like Saturday, he reminds you when a struggling team needs it the most.

“Sometimes, you take for granted that important moments that happen throughout the season, and that’s a big moment that players produce,” the nurse said. “He has done a lot for our team, not only this year, but over the past few years, he just continues.

“Evening, at night, what he does is really special.”

These numbers are amazing. His 51 goals were 9 better than second place William Nylander. His 11 wins lead the NHL. His 73 even scores were on the league lead.

His score was 14 consecutive wins. And 18 consecutive wins. They were sandwiched around eight straight wins. In other words, there were 40 points in 42 games.

And, as if his gorgeous total wasn’t impressive enough, Draisaitl was doing it while carrying the revolving door of his blue-collar teammate. While using the stick, his teammates usually describe it as something you can buy in Canadian tire currency of $1.75 in garage sales.

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“If you see his stick, you’ll be surprised that he can shoot,” head coach Kris Knoblauch said with a smile. “It’s a stick I’ve never seen before. But he’s very deceptive. It does have some speed, but I won’t say it’s overwhelming. I know the goalkeeper finds it hard to pick up his shot and where it goes.”

“He found a way somehow”

Draisaitl is a horse that excels in every aspect of the game. He evolved from one of the best passers in hockey to the best goal scorer in today’s game. He is one of the league’s most popular players, and if you want to talk about someone who has passed important moments in the past nine seasons, there are no players in the NHL winning goals (64).

“There isn’t much pass first, a consistent 50-goal scorer, but he’s one,” the nurse said. “His vision for the game, the way he sees the game, is second to none.”

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He is just the perfect hockey player. He is the durable Mr. (lost five games in the last five years), Mr. Cleitch, who is not one of the regular season glory boys who disappeared in the playoffs. When the game was their toughest game and his body was worse than it was all year round, that was his reach for the best thing-108 points in 74 professional games.

“I’ve only been here for a year, but I’ve seen him in the playoffs, he’s been hit a few times, I’ve heard of other series, he’s got sprained ankle and how he plays,” Knoblauch said.

“It’s hard to play and score in the regular season, even harder to do in the playoffs, and it’s almost impossible to do it in the playoffs when you get injured, and somehow he found a way.”

He found a way to almost everything. That’s how MVP scrolling is.

rtychkowski@postmedia.com

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