nexttothemoon
and again...
If you replace McDavid with an "average" 1st line C... you'd basically have another Draisaitl... who'd of course be very good but this team would likely score about 30 less goals this season as well... which would put them at about -50 in goals differential... around where Ottawa/Vancouver/Arizona are.
Take McDavid out completely and replace him with a run of the mill NHL average borderline #2/3 centre (which is more realistic because where are you going to find another Drai easily?)... and this team is easily DFL with a goal differential of likely -80 or worse.
Take McDavid out completely and replace him with a run of the mill NHL average borderline #2/3 centre (which is more realistic because where are you going to find another Drai easily?)... and this team is easily DFL with a goal differential of likely -80 or worse.