McDavid is supposed to be better than Crosby? I heard the best since him, but not better than.
Here are a couple quotes:
McDavid, who was born in Richmond Hill, Ont., and grew up in nearby Newmarket, put up seven goals and 13 assists in his first seven games this season, leading the Otters to a 6-0-1 start. At that three-point-a-game pace, he’d enter or surpass the territory of what Sidney Crosby did with Rimouski Oceanic of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League at the same age.
‘BETTER THAN CROSBY’
McDavid doesn’t remember the first time someone compared him to Crosby. Eleven months after Sportsnet Magazine’s cover showed him with the headline, "Better than Crosby," the 17-year-old still thinks it was "pretty insane."
"It’s obviously a tremendous honour to be named in the same breath with someone like that," McDavid said. "But by no means do I think I’m deserving."
Scouts disagree. In revealing the International Scouting Service pre-season rankings, director Dennis MacInnins said: "Having the chance to scout Sidney Crosby at the same age, McDavid is even more impressive, true superstar potential."
McKee sees the same things. He played with Crosby on the 2009-10 Pittsburgh Penguins and that was when the pride of Cole Harbour, N.S., was already grown up at 22 and in the middle of a run that included a Stanley Cup and Olympic gold medal.
"The comparables between him and Sid, it’s everything," McKee said. "It’s the way he works off the ice, the way he communicates in the dressing room, the work ethic he puts out on the ice in practice. …
"Sid’s a hard-working guy that leads by example on and off the ice and he’s very humble, very quiet, not real flashy. Connor’s the kind of guy when he scores goals he’s not out there riding his stick or celebrating in fancy fashion, he just wants to get the job done."
More often than not, McDavid does get the job done. He was a point-a-game player as an OHL rookie at the ages of 15 and 16 and had 99 points last season.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/scouts-mcdavid-ahead-of-crosby-at-same-stage/
http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/Junior/2014/11/04/22053381.html
The statistics are backing up what the hockey world has started to believe.
Connor McDavid is better than Sidney Crosby was at age 17.
That's not to say the Erie Otters star will automatically go on and score massive goals in two Olympic finals or win a Stanley Cup for whatever downtrodden NHL team picks him first overall next June, the way No. 87 has in Pittsburgh.
But this kid, who is ripping apart the OHL offensively right now, is superior to the player Crosby was for the Rimouski Oceanic a decade ago.
“They're both the top player in their league at the same age,†said one veteran NHL scout, who prefers to remain anonymous, “but with what McDavid has done the first couple of months of this season, it's just mind-boggling.
And there are a million other reports out there too. And, most scouts so far believe he is going to be better than Crosby. McDavids production so far this year is off the charts....somewhere between Gretzky and Lemieux. Don't take my word for it. Go look it up for yourself.
Thats why I would do anything or trade anyone for that pick. I would easily give up my next 5 picks and Kessel for him without even blinking an eye. Whoever gets him, gets a cup. Winner at every league like the other stars, and a good kid with a good head on his shoulders.
And remember, who ever does NOT get McDavid has to compete against him for the next 20 years. Your team will always be trying to figure him out and beat him, which is a hard task to follow.
McDavid or bust.