Tonight, a new report from Allan Mitchell of Lowetide has created speculation regarding the status of Leon Draisaitl for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Earlier this week, the <a href='https://www.hockeylatest.com/nhl-team/edmonton-oilers/the-worst-is-confirmed-for-mattias-ekholm-ahead-of-round-one-vs-the-kings' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Edmonton Oilers confirmed that defenseman Mattias Ekholm would miss Round One of the Stanley Cup Playoffs</a> due to an injury. Despite this frustrating news, the Oilers remained positive that other key players like Leon Draisaitl, Evander Kane, and Jake Walman would be ready to go for the end of the regular season and the Stanley Cup Playoffs. However, with the Oilers wrapping up the regular season, none of these players were able to return to the lineup for the final regular-season game. <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/TonyBrarOTV/status/1912571546230468748'><div style='border:1px solid #CCCCCC;border-radius:10px;padding:20px;width:300px;'>Loading from Twitter ...</div></a></blockquote></div> Now, tonight, a new report from Allan Mitchell of Lowetide and The Athletic has led to major skepticism regarding Draisaitl and Walman's status in particular for the first round against the Los Angeles Kings. <h3>Oilers Reporter Causes Concern For Leon Draisaitl's Health</h3> In a new piece for Lowetide, Mitchell spoke about the upcoming playoff series for the Oilers against the Kings. Mitchell, in this piece, spoke about his worries heading into the series, and the main concern for him is the lack of updates regarding the health of Draisaitl and Walman. Neither player suited up for the Oilers in the final regular season stretch, and the team has not officially confirmed that either will play in Game 1 so far. I am worried about injury and about the lack of credible information in regard to Leon Draisaitl, Mattias Ekholm and Jake Walman. We last saw Draisaitl two weeks ago, 10 days for Walman, a week for Ekholm. We know Ekholm will miss the first round at least, but no idea why. If the other two appear in Game 1, music! However, the goal at one time was to have everyone play a game before the end of the season. Didn't happen. We wait. <img src='https://i.marqueur.com/habsetlnh/i/photo/550711.webp' width='100%' border='0' alt='image' loading='lazy' defer /> While this is just the opinion of one source heading into the Stanley Cup Playoffs Mitchell has sources and continues to provide updates and opinions on the team. Hopefully, the worries of Mitchell do not end up becoming a reality for the Edmonton Oilers for the beginning of what will be an intense rivalry series against the Los Angeles Kings.