How many points for "The Next One"

[Comic Book Guy*]

How many points do you think he'll score in his first full season with the Oilers?

CONSIDER
- Benn won the Art Ross with 87 points this year.
- He will need time to acclimate to Edmonton's new system (Given the fact that the team is likely to have a new coach named Todd from Saskatchewan)
- Sid the Kid scored 102 points in his rookie season and many have suggested that McD is ahead of Crosby at the same stage of their career.

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[Jumptheshark]

50 to 60 for a rookie campagned

while we like to call him McJesus we should wait till year 3 for him to walk on water, turn water into wine and solve all other universal problems

 

[McGlassbangers]

If he plays full season (80-82 games), I'm expecting him to score ~70 points.

 

[GretzkytoKurri9917]

50-64

 

[Trollmark*]

Anything less than 100 and Toronto can have him!

 

[IV XIV XCI]

97 points

 

[Panda Bear]

50 to 60 for a rookie campagned

while we like to call him McJesus we should wait till year 3 for him to walk on water, turn water into wine and solve all other universal problems

Those are for good #1 rookies, not McDavid/Crosby #1 rookies. 60-70.

 

[PaPaDee]

Really depends... if some of our other young guys can bounce back and/or take that next step, he could have a really good supporting cast to play with. But realistically, I think 50-64 points.

 

[member 145483]

Less than 50.

Now I can be impressed when he outdoes my guess!

 

[Canovin]

80

30 ways of undressing goalies

50 ways of splitting the D's

 

[IV XIV XCI]

What might be a more interesting question is how much his production and play will influence Nuge's numbers and vice versa.

Not many teams have defensive pairings that can handle two separate lines with wingers named hall, eberle, yakupov, ______ when you can interchangeably move RNH and CMD.

It will give opposing teams many headaches --- which is good for business because then Katz can offer then bulk pricing on Advil and Tylenol.

 

[La Bamba]

100+, the NHL is due for a super rookie

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

65-70 points

if he gets a healthy Hall all year,I think they'll both easily hit 60+ points..maybe Hall gets 75

 

[BlowbyBlow]

Easily 80 points, this team may not be good defensively but I see ample pp time, and playing some top line minutes occasionally

The one thing I will add is humility and humbleness he will say all the right things but he wants to be the best. He isn't a flake like Daigle who was extremely arrogant.

 

[the4thlinegrinder]

I voted 65-79 and think it'll be closer to 79

 

[The Batman]

87-97

 

[OilerTyler]

Keep in mind the Art Ross winner had 87 points this year

 

[5 14 6 1]

My guess is somewhere between 50 and 60. Betting low, won't be mad if he outdoes me

 

[ohheyhemsky]

22 goals, 40 assists, 62 points.

 

[azashi]

50-60.

Crosby scored a lot more, but he was THE offensive option on his team, and they had a better defence, and scoring was higher 10 years ago (seriously make nets bigger, it's the only way. 6'6 goalies my arse).

MacKinnon scored 63 but he got to play wing on a team stacked with veteran centres and, again, got some cushy minutes and much of his team rode some really high percentages, which accounts for so many assists.

The Oilers have a glut of forwards, which means less power play time and offensive zone opportunities for McDavid, while at the same time we have the worst defence in the league and we spend too much time in our own zone as a consequence. Plus, receiving a pass from Justin Schultz requires more skill than even McJesus possesses. We're lucky one of our forwards hasn't been decapitated as he's had to look down into his skates to try to get a Schultz pass to his stick.

 

[Aerchon]

If he plays full season (80-82 games), I'm expecting him to score ~70 points.

This.

 

[6 God]

I was predicting 63 pts for him next season but **** it, here's to optimism - 65-79.

 

[Sickbones]

I'm gonna go with 50-64. Somewhere in that range.

 

[Burnt Biscuits]

My guess, under the assumption he plays with Hall is 64 point in 80 games played.

 

[Spawn]

Somewhere in the 60-70 range with a chance at more if he and one of Hall/Eberle/Yakupov have amazing chemistry.

I think that's the safest bet. He could of course blow those numbers out of the water, but I'd rather set my sights a little lower. So I voted 65-79, but I think he'll be on the lower end of that.