EDMONTON – Time away from the Edmonton Oilers has clarified what’s truly important for star forward Leon Draisaitl.
The 30-year-old centre stepped away from the NHL team last week and returned to Germany to attend to a family illness.
He missed three games, during which Edmonton went 2-1-0 and outscored their opponents 13-1.
Draisaitl said the Oilers were supportive of his brief personal leave.
“Obviously I needed to be with my family,” he said on Saturday. “It puts things into perspective at times, how little this in here really matters when it comes to life.”
The six-foot-two, 209-pound sniper rejoined his teammates on Thursday after a long day of travel and logged 19:17 in ice time in Edmonton’s 6-2 loss to…