Which player(s) does McDavid remind you of the most?

[Varan]

In terms of his play style, which player(s) does he remind you of the most when it comes to similarity in their games?

I think a young OV in terms of blazing speed/stick-handling and controlling the play, and a Joe Thornton as a playmaker

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[snipes]

Gilbert Perreault. Man could he skate, throw in a little Bobby Orr too.

 

[KPower]

Gilbert Perreault. Man could he skate, throw in a little Bobby Orr too.

It's too bad Perreault waisted his career in Buffalo.

 

[Whaleafs]

Pavel Bure

 

[snipes]

It's too bad Perreault waisted his career in Buffalo.

One of the most skilled players of all time that never gets talked about.

McDavid is better and will have a greater legacy but they look a lot alike with their skating and playmaking abilities.

 

[Jaleel619]

connor mcgregor

 

[McFlyingV]

Very similar to Bure and/or Perreault in the way that he constantly attacks with speed and fearlessly challenges dmen. Also has elements of Datsyuk in his game with some of the wizard type stuff he does stick handling and stripping pucks off guys.

 

[Soundwave]

Pavel Bure mixed with Pavel Datsyuk but Canadian.

2 scoops Bure + 2 scoops Datsyuk + add some maple syrup.

 

[Legionnaire]

Modern day Mike Modano with better playmaking and worse shot.

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

Bure

 

[Bank Shot]

Very similar to Bure and/or Perreault in the way that he constantly attacks with speed and fearlessly challenges dmen. Also has elements of Datsyuk in his game with some of the wizard type stuff he does stick handling and stripping pucks off guys.

Well in McDavid's case it doesn't exactly take a lot of courage to challenge D-men.

I mean he often just skates around them without even bothering to deke.

 

[Bouboumaster]

Bure/Karya

 

[TheAngryHank]

Teemu but better at everything.

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

A much better version of Scott Gomez

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

Hard to say. He can control plays, make you look stupid, look the goalies right in the eyes as if they're food in the wild, is quick, dynamic, can't think a player like that.

Best single comparison I can think of might be a rich person's Joe Sakic.

Skating of Pavel Bure, hands of Datsyuk, the complexity of Erik Karlsson, that's the most I can think of right now.

 

[illpucks]

Pavel Bure

 

[ohheyhemsky]

Hard to say. He can control plays, make you look stupid, look the goalies right in the eyes as if they're food in the wild, is quick, dynamic, can't think of a good player.

Best single comparison I can think of might be a rich person's Joe Sakic.

Skating of Pavel Bure, hands of Datsyuk, the complexity of Erik Karlsson, that's the most I can think of right now.

So what you're saying is he sucks?

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

So what you're saying is he sucks?

I fixed it, I meant to say what I just edited.

 

[PunkRockLocke]

Who cares.

Why the McDavid obsession?

 

[ohheyhemsky]

I fixed it, I meant to say what I just edited.

Haha, oh I was being sarcastic. I should have added the

 

[ohheyhemsky]

Who cares.

Why the McDavid obsession?

We hit the quota on Matthews for June.

 

[PunkRockLocke]

We hit the quota on Matthews for June.

Let's talk about Perlini and Viktor Rask.
Always talking about this one guy that is super fast and skilled but plays on a shit team is getting pretty old.

 

[Plub]

Bure, a bigger Bure.

 

[Soundwave]

Who cares.

Why the McDavid obsession?

This is like showing up to a basketball board and asking why there's LeBron James topics.

 

[Cubs2024WSChamps]

Bure, a bigger Bure.

This.

And Bure wasn't generational