5pt night for McDavid (and goty candidate?)

[CantHaveTkachev]

This x1000. Look at Crosby's line mates throughout his career. People have short memories I guess. Sid has never consistently played with a Drai or a Backstrom on his line.

That being said, McDavid might go down as the best since Mario. He NEEDS some playoff success though

he played with a Sergei Gonchar and Kris Letang on the backend though....something McDavid never has the luxury of

 

[Florbalista]

I hope Kucherov smokes him again. I can only take so much worship.

 

[Shakey Rustie]

This x1000. Look at Crosby's line mates throughout his career. People have short memories I guess. Sid has never consistently played with a Drai or a Backstrom on his line.

That being said, McDavid might go down as the best since Mario. He NEEDS some playoff success though

While I agree with the conclusion of the argument, to be fair the Pens decided to draft 3 centers in the first round and have them all play their natural position instead of moving one or two of them to the wing.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Impressive stuff. Can he keep going? Even go for the record or at least a Gagner?

GOTY Candidate? You must be kidding..it wasn't even the goal of the night (Sonny Milano)

 

[Galactico]

The problem with marketing Mcdavid in Canada is its mostly all leafs talk all the time. The Eastern media even ignores the Habs possibly more than the Western Canadian teams. If he were to be marketed properly he would have to play in Toronto.

You right but I meant marketing him not only in Canada, but everywhere.

 

[McCombo]

61 actually. So more than half of Crosby's 120 were from the PP with a man (or more) advantages.

Okay. I remember it was 50. But that proves the point even more.

 

[McShogun99]

I'm amazed at the start Mcdavid is having after his injury. If you watched Oiler games this year, regular season or preseason he's looked a bit off/cautious yet he's racking up points.

 

[Pilky01]

Matthews is better.

 

[DueDiligence]

Matthews is better.

Matthews is a great goal scorer, McDavid is a great hockey player. Big Difference!

 

[Todd from Leduc]

He is the Greatest of All Time, we are so lucky, not just Edmonton all fans.

 

[GoBuds14]

he played with a Sergei Gonchar and Kris Letang on the backend though....something McDavid never has the luxury of

For sure, no argument here that Sid has had a better all around roster. I think McDavid will have a better offensive career than Crosby. Hard to picture McDavid replicating Sids playoff accolades in Edmonton

 

[OilCanada92]

GOTY Candidate? You must be kidding..it wasn't even the goal of the night (Sonny Milano)

I assumed the G stood for Game.

 

[daver]

For sure, no argument here that Sid has had a better all around roster. I think McDavid will have a better offensive career than Crosby. Hard to picture McDavid replicating Sids playoff accolades in Edmonton

Which has had no relevance on hos production given how much time lost to injuries to players like LeTang.

Drai's effect on McDavid's scoring is a much more obvious argument, if one chooses to look at those things.

Crosby has proven he scores regardless, McDavid is that type of player too.

 

[authentic]

he played with a Sergei Gonchar and Kris Letang on the backend though....something McDavid never has the luxury of

And Malkin on the powerplay (where he has scored a lot of his points) and some even strength time.

 

[authentic]

I'm amazed at the start Mcdavid is having after his injury. If you watched Oiler games this year, regular season or preseason he's looked a bit off/cautious yet he's racking up points.

Perhaps he's a little more focused on making the right plays instead of blowing by everyone constantly? Or maybe just a little puck luck.

 

[Nemesis Prime]

he played with a Sergei Gonchar and Kris Letang on the backend though....something McDavid never has the luxury of

People have short memories I guess.

 

[daver]

And Malkin on the powerplay (where he has scored a lot of his points) and some even strength time.

Funny how his his production goes up when Malkin is out of the lineup or significantly underperforming. Time to put this weak narrative to bed.

 

[TheNumber4]

Leafs fans pretending they never pushed that Matthews was better than McDavid? LOL.



Care to guess who made up that 37%

 

[illpucks]

GOTY Candidate? You must be kidding..it wasn't even the goal of the night (Sonny Milano)

The level of skill to pull that off is very very high.

 

[Hynh]

This x1000. Look at Crosby's line mates throughout his career. People have short memories I guess. Sid has never consistently played with a Drai or a Backstrom on his line.

That being said, McDavid might go down as the best since Mario. He NEEDS some playoff success though

Coincidentally, Crosby was far more reliant on the PP to produce than McDavid is.

 

[Akrapovince]

Okay I hope people don’t take this the wrong way, but if this is how points are following him while he’s not playing at his most dominant.... look out.

This game last year McDavid might’ve walked out with 2-3 points, from lack of people finishing or just bad puck luck.

I feel like generally speaking McDavid has to work hard for his points (zone entry, then deke, then drive wide, then sauce for a back door tap in) as opposed to just passing it off to Manning to blast one home.

I can’t wait to watch him completely take over.

 

[authentic]

Funny how his his production goes up when Malkin is out of the lineup or significantly underperforming. Time to put this weak narrative to bed.

The point was that you don't have to make the linemate excuse for Crosby. His teams and the players he's played with as a whole are easily better than what McDavid has had so far.

 

[snipes]

Leafs fans pretending they never pushed that Matthews was better than McDavid? LOL.



Care to guess who made up that 37%

Hahahhahaha this is gold

 

[The Crypto Guy]

The level of skill to pull that off is very very high.

As are a lot of his goals. But they aren't GOTY candidates.

 

[Curufinwe]

I still can't believe he ended up with Manning on his team after all that controversy.