Has RNH finally flipped the coin?

[McShogun99]

I made a bet with a Flames fan on here that RNH will outscore Gaudreau this season.

 

[Mighty Makar]

The only reason he has never hit 60 points is because of injuries. To say he is a 40-50 point player away from McDavid is not accurate at all. He's had one poor offensive season in his career.

#1 overall and not a 60 point season? He had 4 goals in the shortened season (40 games) That’s a bad season.

 

[Mighty Makar]

I made a bet with a Flames fan on here that RNH will outscore Gaudreau this season.

Probably ‘cause of McDavid.

 

[CupofOil]

Drafted first overall, had some good years to start but then fell flat like a lot of other Oilers first round picks. Really struggled for a while then all of a sudden bam, the perfect winger for McDavid. Has RNH finally found where he belongs in Edmonton and can start living up to the hype of being selected first overall so many years ago?

I personally think he is just riding off McDavid but it is good to see him with more offence success.

He's not just leeching off of McDavid. He was on pace for career highs centering Lucic and Puljujarvi the first half of last season. His offensive confidence is back to where it was in his first few seasons. Maybe not quite that level but much more confident than he was a few seasons ago.
The defensive game is as good as it ever has been.

 

[Del Preston]

#1 overall and not a 60 point season? He had 4 goals in the shortened season (40 games) That’s a bad season.

He was playing with one shoulder that season and was eventually shut down to have surgery once the Oilers were out of the playoff race.

 

[Mighty Makar]

He was playing with one shoulder that season and was eventually shut down to have surgery once the Oilers were out of the playoff race.

Enough of the excuses.

 

[Cup or Bust]

RNH is a better winger than center. He should have been converted long ago, but they needed him to play center. He has also been too unselfish at times in his career. He defaulted to defense often when he played with Hall and Eberle. He had difficulties finding the right balance between offense and defense for a few seasons. He seems to be better at balancing offense and defense as a winger better than as a center. He finally started to tilt his game back to offense last season even before he started playing with McDavid.

 

[Del Preston]

Enough of the excuses.

You don't have a clue as to what you are talking about in here.

 

[Mighty Makar]

You don't have a clue as to what you are talking about in here.

 

[Del Preston]

"40-50 point player away from McDavid", yet he already had three seasons of 52 (in 62 games), 56, and 56 points while McDavid was still in junior. He also would have won the Calder quite easily had he not been injured.

 

[Burnt Biscuits]

I made a bet with a Flames fan on here that RNH will outscore Gaudreau this season.

That's hella ballsy. Good luck.

 

[Dahlin 2 Eichel]

You could put a player like Ty Rattie beside McDavid and he will make him look like a super star

 

[Big Cactus]

Does anyone have his numbers since he was put on the mcdavid line late last year?

 

[authentic]

He looks fast and dangerous out there.

 

[Jumptheshark]

you can see which posters get annoyed by any positive oiler threads--if we can have 10 negative oiler threads--we can have at least one positive thread

 

[780il]

Take him off McDavid’s line and he’s a 40-50 point player. He’s not a bad player, though.

You knew this was coming when he started playing on Connor's line. First we had to deal with this shit with Drai, now Nuge. Unbelievable. Nuge is still a great 2 way 50-60 point 2c without Mcdavid.

 

[780il]

Does anyone have his numbers since he was put on the mcdavid line late last year?

I dont know them exactly but he's well over ppg since being put with Connor.

 

[snipes]

Playing the best hockey of his career

 

[KlefDown]

Enough of the excuses.

Let’s see you play in the NHL with one good shoulder and see how you fare

Stop being a clown

 

[La Bamba]

He's always been pretty good - he just didn't produce huge offensive numbers like he did in his 18 year old season. He put too much focus on his defensive game TBH and his offensive game didn't grow.

On McDavid's wing, he can focus mostly on offence now but he's also a really good 2-way player. The Oilers are lucky he developed chemistry with McDavid... there was a time he was looking like an overpaid 3C who couldn't win faceoffs... now he's playing at a PPG clip and a strong 2-way guy. Pretty good for 6M.

 

[lawrence]

there are still other guys I rather have with the 1st pick in 2011, so no.

 

[TT1]

lmfao these early season hot take threads are always great

 

[ChaoticOrange]

"40-50 point player away from McDavid", yet he already had three seasons of 52 (in 62 games), 56, and 56 points while McDavid was still in junior. He also would have won the Calder quite easily had he not been injured.

Don’t bring facts to a Burnaby Joe fight. He likes his bubble just the way it is, dammit

 

[KaseMeOutside]

He has tipped the cow like all good western Canadian boys do

 

[Senor Catface]

lmfao these early season hot take threads are always great

He has 60 points in his last 70 games.