New Jersey is last in the East and I still have to read a bunch of nonsense about Hall being the best player in the NHL.
God this is tiring.
The point is you can't rely on one freaking player. This is something some Oiler fans are incredibly dense about.
Team is bad = welp, I guess it's time to blame the best player on the team.
This isn't the NBA, you need realistically 4 or 5 good players to be a good team, and really ideally 2 or 3 very high end players minimum that can push the mail.
NJ is bad for the same principal, they are asking one guy to carry the entire franchise. It doesn't freaking work in the long run, and it's not the fault of the player, it's the nature of the sport.
If this was like basketball then McDavid could play 55 minutes a game like Durant or LeBron plays 90% of the game, then OK, that's a valid point, but that's not how hockey works.
Even in basketball, the greatest player ever, Michael Jordan, couldn't push the Bulls into being a very good team until Scottie Pippen emerged as a solid second no.2 player, LeBron James didn't win shit until he ran off to build a super team in Miami where he had an All-Star no.2 and no.3 option. And this is a sport where the best player can play 90% of the game.
