Overview
- Leon Draisaitl said Germany will travel to Milan to win a medal, acknowledging the challenge for an underdog team.
- The 30-year-old will make his first Winter Olympics after NHL players were cleared to return for the first time since 2014.
- He described being a flag-bearer candidate as a total honor and said there would be no wrong choice among the nominees.
- A public vote to select Germany’s opening ceremony flag bearer runs through 3 February.
- Other candidates named include Johannes Rydzek and Tobias Wendl on the men’s side and Ramona Hofmeister, Laura Nolte and Katharina Schmid on the women’s list.