Leon Draisaitl's Remarkable Overtime Wins in Stanley Cup Playoffs

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00:00And on your Canadian team, and that, of course, the Edmonton Oilers,

00:04the guy that has delivered the game winner in overtime,

00:07in both of the two victories for the Oilers in this cup final,

00:10is your favorite German player in Leon Dreisaitl.

00:14And yet, Dreisaitl, now with his team tied at two games all in the Stanley Cup final,

00:20is still behind his teammate, Connor McDavid, to win the Conn Smythe Award.

00:25Now, this is an MVP hardware for the entirety of the postseason.

00:30McDavid has been great, filling up the point sheet.

00:33He has been facilitating on the ice beautifully so.

00:36But Dreisaitl now has four OT winners in this postseason.

00:40That's an NHL playoff record.

00:42And he's got both of the OT game winners for Edmonton here in the cup final.

00:47In what world is Leon Dreisaitl behind Connor McDavid,

00:51even by a couple of dimes in the Conn Smythe Trophy odds?

00:56Yeah, 1993 was the last time that an NHL team in Canada won the Stanley Cup.

01:01Now, if you're saying to yourself, well, who was that, you know, the catalyst there?

01:04I don't know who was the Conn Smythe, but probably was Patrick Waugh.

01:06He was absolutely sensational that season for the Canadians.

01:09And again, Patrick Waugh, a Canadian.

01:11So if we're saying after all these years, Canada's going to finally win a Stanley Cup,

01:15and it's going to be the German that leads them,

01:16they're saying, no, no, no, no, no, no.

01:18It just goes to Connor McDavid because why even win the Stanley Cup

01:21if a young Canadian kid isn't able to bring the Stanley Cup back

01:24and be the best player on the team?

01:25Now, he is the best player over on the team.

01:27He's not the best player in the series by a wide margin.

01:29Like, what would the statistics be right now?

01:31Let's just say it's still two to two.

01:33McDavid had both overtime winners.

01:35Would he be minus seven?

01:36Like, it wouldn't matter who won the cup.

01:37It's just McDavid.

01:38He wins it no matter what.

01:39That's the crazy part about it.

01:41And yes, we understand assists are important,

01:43but you have two overtime winners in the Stanley Cup

01:47and you're playing great hockey.

01:48It's like, I don't know, man.

01:49Did you see that McDavid assist the other night?

01:51That was fantastic.

01:51Forget about those two goals.

01:52Kevin and I used to joke about it, you know, a couple years ago

01:54when it was, you know, Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

01:56was having a great season for Toronto,

01:58but Choi Ohtani would strike out three times in one night,

02:01Guerrero would hit two home runs,

02:02and Ohtani would get the better pricing there on the MVP award.

02:05Nothing makes sense sometimes.

02:06It should be triceuttle.

02:08He's playing the best in the clutch moments for Edmonton,

02:10and he's still behind.

02:11Like, even if Ben, if it was, like, dry sidle plus 200

02:15and McDavid plus 240, all right, a little bit of respect there.

02:17But he's still behind him?

02:19That can't be right now.

02:20What, we're waiting on McDavid to score a hat trick next game?

02:22Like, ah, we told you he was going to be the best player.

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