We're after equal opportunity. Drake's had more chances to play with McDavid than any right wingers currently on the team.
Rattie was called up and inserted into McDavids line despite being a career ahler it worked and he stuck.
Yam was inserted into his line and stuck despite being a rookie and not producing on the line.
Drake was given a long look each of the last 2 years with miserable results, but still has more time on his wing than anyone on the team besides drai or rnh.
JP has had minimal opportunity since joining the oilers with McDavid, yet he was drafted to be exactly what McDavid needed on his line. A good skating shot first rh rwer.
I agree drake has played well this year, in a bottom 6 role where he can focus on being an energy player. Why try and force him into the scoring role again when we have someone who's expected to develop into a scorer with fresh legs available who will be looking to make an impression so he isn't sent down?
It's not that people feel JP should be gifted an opportunity, it's that the coach is willing to try the same failed experiments over and over instead of trying something new. Same goes for his special teams choices.
It's no different than when the fans had to ask for rnh to be on McDavids wing for 2 seasons, only to finally have Todd give in, and what do you know, it worked.
I swear Todd would move Kassian up before giving Jp a shot, and it doesn't make sense.