Nathaniel
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Needs to toughen up that speed game doesn't work as well deep in the playoffs. He needs to be baptized under fire firstyou acutally think if he were on TB or COL that he would choke?
Needs to toughen up that speed game doesn't work as well deep in the playoffs. He needs to be baptized under fire firstyou acutally think if he were on TB or COL that he would choke?
10G 18P in 17GP on a crapass Oilers team. Pretty sure hes fine.Needs to toughen up that speed game doesn't work as well deep in the playoffs. He needs to be baptized under fire first
10G 18P in 17GP on a crapass Oilers team. Pretty sure hes fine.
You dont win playoff games on your own.
his first run he was 20 years old, come on.I wouldn't really count play-ins as playoffs. How often are you gonna get a 24th ranked putrid defensive team like the BlackHawks? McDavid still has to prove it in the playoffs IMO. His first run was underwhelming.
his first run he was 20 years old, come on.
You seriously think he wouldnt dominate if he were on a better team like TB or COL?
Pretty average stats10G 18P in 17GP on a crapass Oilers team. Pretty sure hes fine.
You dont win playoff games on your own.
Crosby at 20 was the playoffs leading scorer with 27 in 20 going to game 6 of the finals.... No excuseshis first run he was 20 years old, come on.
You seriously think he wouldnt dominate if he were on a better team like TB or COL?
dont think he played on as good a team. DOnt you think?Crosby at 20 was the playoffs leading scorer with 27 in 20 going to game 6 of the finals.... No excuses
Pretty average stats
Chicago isn't exactly a good team anymore loldont think he played on as good a team. DOnt you think?
PPG is average?.... ok. The guy just had 9P in 4GP vs CHI.
9P in 4GP no matter what team you play against is top notchChicago isn't exactly a good team anymore lol
9P in 4GP no matter what team you play against is top notch
Look the guy has 17 career playoff games (13 when he was 20 years old).... its ridculous to say he doesnt bring it int he playoffs at this stage of his career. Gimme a break.
He wasnt blessed to be drafted by a team surrounded with talent other than Draisaitl now. In 09, Crosby had the luxury of playing with: Malkin, Letang, Fleury, Staal, Gonchar... Replace Sid with McDavid, I guarantee you he wins the Cup on that roster.
This is going to be the same story as Ovi... Everyone will criticize him until he wins. Ill say it again, you dont win the Cup on your own. It takes a team.
didnt say he was, and of course he isnt, and may never be as good as both... I was just defending that someone labeled him as somewhat of a playoff choker.McDavid has made the real Playoffs once, in which he had 9 points in 13 games (only 2 5v5 points) and got absolutely hammered 5v5.
9 points in 4 games against a 12th seed that he lost to in a Play-In series isn't something to really base his Playoff performance on.
McDavid will likely dominate the Playoffs for the majority of his career (on the random years he makes it), but he hasn't done near enough to put himself in the same category as Kucherov or MacKinnon as playoff performers.
didnt say he was... I was defending that someone labeled him as somewhat of a playoff choker.
You cant blame the guy for being on a team that doesnt make the playoffs. Hell, MacK didnt make the playoffs for 3 of his first 4 seasons with COL. He didnt fair any better.
fine, but thats a very small sample size. McDavid just hasnt played enough playoff games to be compared, period.Fair enough. My bad for not doing the context research.
No you can't, but to be fair to MacKinnon, he's been dominant in every year he's made the Playoffs.
He's always been point-per-game in the Playoffs and has always been dominant possession wise relative to his team, which is something McDavid can't say.
MacKinnon had 10 points in 7 games as a rookie in his 18-year old season, including 5 5v5 points and dominant possession numbers where he had amazing impacts both on offense and defense, whereas McDavid only had 9 points in 13 games in his 20-year old season, including only 2 5v5 points (which ranked him 14th on the Oilers) and very poor possession numbers where he had great impacts on offense but had the worst defensive impacts on the Oilers.
MacKinnon faired much better individually as an 18-year old than McDavid did as a 20-year old.