EDMONTON -- Being sent back to junior last season was not easy for Edmonton Oilers center Leon Draisaitl.
Draisaitl made the Oilers out of training camp and played 37 games with Edmonton, but finished the season in the Western Hockey League with the Kelowna Rockets.
It took some time for Draisaitl to get over the disappointment of returning to juniors, but he went on to have an excellent second half with the Rockets, leading them to the WHL championship and a berth in the Memorial Cup final.
"It did take a little bit, it's never easy," Draisaitl said at the Oilers' developmental camp.