Where did I say the Oilers were eliminated already? I didn't.
I was simply acknowledging the fact that things are almost the exact same as last year to this point. Once again McDavid is not leading in scoring as his team battles to make the playoffs while Kucherov again is leading by a hefty margin as his teams positions itself for a deep playoff run. I would not be surprised to see Kucherov's production decrease again where he loses his Art Ross lead and/or McDavid surges ahead after his team is done for the year.
Your willful ignorance of looking at raws PPGs and points with zero context continues to be amusing. What a coincidence that again almost everyone else in the Top 50 scorers are having dream seasons while McDavid is the only one who is better than last year.
If McDavid ends up at the top of the scoring lead while his team is in contention, he will get full marks from me.
You said it's setting up like last year....we have 3 more wins then we did this time last year and are 2 points of out a playoff spot instead of 5. The big difference is that Tampa as a team is way better of in the standings then they were last year. Kucherov is leading by 6 points, which is not hefty and less of a lead than he had last year.
You mean you would not be surprised if Kucherov starts to rest as the playoffs come nearer and slows down? Again, why is this McDavid's problem? This is the same stuff we talked about with Sid when he was "positioning himself for his second third cup run in a row" and was taking games off, then got punted by WSH. If Kucherov slows down offensively and his TOI remains similar, and McDavid takes the AR...the McDavid deserves it. You would have a point if Kucherov is being scratched, but he isn't. If he can't make it work in the final third of the season and loses the AR, it's on him. Maybe he should work harder year round? Don't players want to go into the playoffs playing their best hockey, rather than worrying about being slightly less bruised?
So far you haven't done anything to prove that McDavid turns it up at the end of year, the only thing you're saying is that his competition slows down, and this is somehow a black mark on McDavid...why isn't it a black mark on these other guys? Maybe they should give full effort. No wonder the powerhouse TBL get bounced in the playoffs if you're saying they don't show up for every game.
My bad. Didn't realize using PPG was now considered willfully ignorant. Guess we'll throw out all those arguments you made using McDavid's PPG compared to his peers PPG to tell us why his most recent Art Ross was worse than his first. McDavid has a higher PPG than everyone except Kucherov and Rantanen. Last year, he had a higher PPG than everyone except Kucherov until Kucherov literally fell apart in February. One extra player (as compared to last year) is currently doing better in the PPG department. What exactly does it mean that the top 50 are having dream seasons? 48 of them are below him in PPG, 46 are below in raw points.
Come back to this thread when we are mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. Unless we fall of the rails, that should be sometime around mid/late March and we will see where the scoring race is at. If McDavid is leading up to that point, you have no case. If McDavid is not leading and doesn't ultimately win, you have no case. Connor McDavid isn't Jamie Benn.