The World Cup of Hockey officially begins on September 17, and four Edmonton Oilers players will be participating in the tournament.
We profiled and predicted how Connor McDavid will stack up in Monday’s piece, and took a glance at Ryan Nugent-Hopkins on Tuesday. Now, we’ll take a look at Leon Draisaitl, who will be suiting up for Team Eurpoe.
Team Europe is comprised of players from its title continent who weren’t born in Sweden, Finland, Russia or the Czech Republic. This team is the oldest in the tournament, with an average age of 29.