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Lost Art of Dynasty
Connor McDavid
Part II: http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1467585
Part I: http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=888631
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-nuff said.
Haven't seen a 16 year old tear up the O like this since Yapukov.
Yakupov was an impressive 16 yo to be sure - a real athletic freak and a man amongst boys. To me, what's (much) impressive about mcdavid is the cerebral dominance he's shown. A couple of real nice passes last night.
He plays in the same line as Burakovsky now right? How do they look together? Is Burra a scorer and McDavid a passer primary or is it both ways?
I didn't think he was very good last night at all. Wasn't backchecking, floated around and tried to do too much. However, when he has that puck, you can see the insane talent he possesses. The second assist was ****ing gorgeous and his hands on the first one were really nice.Yakupov was an impressive 16 yo to be sure - a real athletic freak and a man amongst boys. To me, what's (much) impressive about mcdavid is the cerebral dominance he's shown. A couple of real nice passes last night.
Early on, Burakovsky was the scorer and McDavid was the passer. Lately, though, McDavid has been scoring more goals, so I'd say it is a bit more even now.
I don't watch them consistently but last night it was Michael Curtis.Who else is on their line. I don't get a chance to watch junior games, is there a way to find out the line combinations online?
I don't watch them consistently but last night it was Michael Curtis.
Dane Fox - Brendan Gaunce - Connor Brown
Michael Curtis - Connor McDavid - Andre Burakovsky
That was the top six.
As a Canucks and McDavid fan, I'm conflicted on that line change.
I am willing to bet its a 1a, 1b type situation. Having two lines like this makes a team much harder to play against
I didn't think he was very good last night at all. Wasn't backchecking, floated around and tried to do too much. However, when he has that puck, you can see the insane talent he possesses. The second assist was ****ing gorgeous and his hands on the first one were really nice.
As he gets older I think his work-ethic and defensive play will improve. He has always gotten by and then some with his incredible talent and given his age, it's not surprising that he hasn't developed a sound two-way game.
A guy behind me at the game was criticizing him the entire time comparing him to Russian..was rather annoying.
I was at the game last night as well and I agree with this assessment 100%.
The one element to McDavid's game that needs to improve is his intensity. His skill is off the charts but there were quite a few times last night that the puck would leave Peterborough's zone with McDavid stuck deep and Erie would force a turnover in centre ice and McDavid would be lollygagging back not allowing his team to re-enter the zone. In fairness however the game was never in doubt so maybe come playoff or World junior time it will be different, but I didn't see Crosby like determination in all three zones last night.
He took a few big hits too. At one point he got pasted along the sideboards and had to walk it off down the tunnel to the dressing room. I was thinking oh no ... Concussion but he came back without missing a shift and looked fine.
Perhaps it was just the game last night or the level of competition, but he seemed fairly disinterested when the puck wasn't on his stick.I thought at the U18's he looked pretty darn determined.
Perhaps it was just the game last night or the level of competition, but he seemed fairly disinterested when the puck wasn't on his stick.
I know he has 48 points in 30 games but with all the hype surrounding him "Better than Crosby"...I thought he'd be doing better than 7th in OHL scoring, heck, he's third on his own team. I admit I haven't seen any Erie games, so perhaps someone can clue me in on McDavid's performance. The fact that he doesn't have a thread in the first three pages of the prospect board should be enough evidence that nobody really has anything to say about him when he is supposed to be a generational player in the making.