Draisatl Upside?

[Goldendelicious]

I think he's a 65 point player with potential to have a few PPG seasons.

[Bass56]

If drai ends up on a line with hall and Mcdavid he's not putting up 80......that won't be his roll....McDavid and Hall are gonna get theirs no matter what....the guy on that line will be the third wheel by definition and get around 60 points at best....

Name me one line that went 80-90-80 in the last 6 years?

I'm asking because I could be wrong but all great lines are seemingly just a pair of studs with a third wheel

Seguin/Benn
Backstrom/OVI
Kane/panarin
Getz/Perry
Giroux/Vorucek

The only problem here is that teams typically do not have the luxury of slotting someone with Draisaitl's skill as the 3rd player on a top-talent line. If the guy has potential to hit 70+, there's no reason why his output should be anything less of that if he is the 3rd best player on a power line...

[J0e Th0rnton]

Cheechoo Thornton Marleau in 2005-06 had 93-92-86

Marleau was 2nd line C then. Nils Ekman was the 3rd member of the Thornton/Cheechoo line except on the PP.

Don't worry too much about McDavid/Draisaitl/Hall. Think more of a 2nd line of Hall/RNH/Draisaitl with McDavid centering another line with Eberle. Hall and McDavid had a few go's this year and they mixed like Oil and water. For whatever reason(Both like carrying the puck) they were not good together