“I want to give back to the Edmonton community, because it has given me...” — Leon Draisaitl Quote

“I want to give back to the Edmonton community, because it has given me so much.”

“If you get off to a good start your confidence is high and you're buzzing. Everyone's feeling great coming to the rink and practice. You lose the first four games then all of the sudden everyone's panicking and no one has confidence.”

“I come to the rink in the morning, look at the board to see where I'm at, then wherever that is I'll go play and try to be the best player I can be.”

“In the deaf community, there are different types of people who have different philosophies. Some believe that they should only sign. Some believe they should only speak. Some people say you should use cued speech. Some say you should use cochlear implants. Some say you shouldn't sign. Some people say you should sign.”

“I knew of the Sapeur community for a long time, and they're an important influence for me.”

“It is high time that the international community tell Saddam Hussein and his regime that this is not an issue of negotiation with the U.N. about obligations that they undertook in 1991.”