Oilers coach 'happy' Draisaitl healthy for playoffs after injury last postseason
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Forward Leon Draisaitl sustained a high ankle sprain against the Los Angeles Kings in Game 6 last spring and played with the injury for the rest of the playoffs.
The Edmonton Oilers' head coach is happy to have not one but two healthy superstars going into the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Forward Leon Draisaitl sustained a high ankle sprain against the Los Angeles Kings in Game 6 last spring and played with the injury for the rest of the playoffs.
The German star still managed to get seven goals and 25 assists during the postseason.
"It was a testament to his pain threshold, for sure," head coach Jay Woodcroft told reporters on Monday. "What he put his body through to get ready for every game was outstanding but that was last year. We're here getting ready to take on a really good team in the LA Kings and we're happy that he's at 100 per cent."
Draisaitl hopes he doesn't have to do that again this postseason.
"It helped me grow as a person, as a player," he said. "You learn from those things and you try and take something positive out of it, as hard as it is in the moment."
Draisaitl says the longer playoffs run, which ended against the Colorado Avalanche in the Western Conference Finals, will help the Oilers this spring.
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