Germany goes into this draft on a high after recently watching Moritz Seider deservedly scoop up the accolade as last season’s top NHL rookie. What this effectively means is that the very top of the hockey world is growing, with more countries able to produce not only NHL talent but top-end NHL talent.
Unfortunately for Germany, Slovakia seems to have regained some of their former glory, meaning they are currently the hippest talk of the town, much like Switzerland was around Timo Meier’s/Nico Hischier’s years and Denmark maaaybe was around the Mikkel Boedker/Lars Eller drafts.
For Germany, the hockey revolution we’re now seeing started off with Leon Draisaitl in 2014.