5pt night for McDavid (and goty candidate?)

[Darkwinter]

Wow just came back from Cp and what an embarrassment. And I am not going to say flame fans but the wanna be fans did a great job of making themself look like fools. It's sad when they are grasping at everything to make themselves feel good cause their team is fighting it right now. Nice job Cp fans hold your head up high because you deserve it being such classy fans (what an embarrassment for the flames franchise to even have that site on the net.

 

[Blender]

Incredible player who is on a tear right now. Goal isn't even close to that Coleman goal though as far as goals of the year go.

 

[CanadianPensFan1]

130pts isnt impossible...

Not at all. Very likely in fact.

200? Id say thats just about as likely as me going to the moon this weekend.

 

[ElysiumAB]

I don't understand why people care about putting a meaningless "GOTY candidate" label on things, 10 games into a season.

Who cares about GOTY?...

 

[Kennedys]

140 pts+ season incoming

 

[YEGJuniorFan]

It wasn't anywhere close to GOTY but damn he's firing on all cylinders right now.

 

[Kranix]

Braun isn't known as a speedster, but it's still crazy that a d-man can have like 5 strides on McDavid and he's already lost.

 

[Pointteen]

Well no, but he's up there.

Give it time. Let him prove last season wasn't a fluke. Trust me. Plus he's clearly pretty good at killing penalties.

Draisaitl's my favorite player in the league. He's not better than McDavid, but he's absolutely developed into a rock solid elite number one centre. He's just lucky enough to play with McDavid.


There's a combo I'm sad I never got to see. Draisaitl and Hemsky.

 

[McCombo]

Sid and Ovechkin’s best seasons came in lower scoring leagues then McDavid?

Crosby had 50 powerplay points in his 120 point season. A lot more powerplays than now.

 

[Puckluck13]

Did McDavid score another goal I'm not aware of? Where was the GOTY candidate?

Oiler fans are sad.

 

[ijuka]

Sid and Ovechkin’s best seasons came in lower scoring leagues then McDavid?

Overall scoring was lower, but star scoring was higher. Come on.

 

[Future GOAT]

Crosby had 50 powerplay points in his 120 point season. A lot more powerplays than now.

61 actually. So more than half of Crosby's 120 were from the PP with a man (or more) advantages.

 

[BlackDogg]

Did McDavid score another goal I'm not aware of? Where was the GOTY candidate?

Oiler fans are sad.

Oiler fans didn't put it on there as GOTY. There is however a small contingent of fans outside of the Oilers who do follow McDavid.

 

[Future GOAT]

Oiler fans didn't put it on there as GOTY. There is however a small contingent of fans outside of the Oilers who do follow McDavid.

And then there is illpucks.

 

[Voight]

Goal of the year candidate on the same night Milano went between the legs top shelf? Nope.

 

[Snowpants]

Did McDavid score another goal I'm not aware of? Where was the GOTY candidate?

Oiler fans are sad.

Can your quantum advance stat computer come up with Goals of the Yeae Per 60? That would be as useful as the other numbers you like to post...

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Incredible player who is on a tear right now. Goal isn't even close to that Coleman goal though as far as goals of the year go.

Agreed, GOTY has gotta be somethin special- Coleman's was special.

McDavid's was just a technically sound and speedy beaut- nice goal, but it's the best player in the world playing his best hockey. He made some nice moves and scored. Never seen a one-handed wrister like Coleman's dough.

 

[sr edler]

Dude is probably going to drop 120 points on a team with zero depth.

A non-depthy team with a strong linemate (or two) (especially one/some you got chemistry with) is an ideal situation for your scoring numbers. You don't have to worry about sharing crucial ice time with anyone else (unless your coach is Babs). This is how Olli Jokinen had seasons with 89 and 91 points.

 

[TGWL]

Did McDavid score another goal I'm not aware of? Where was the GOTY candidate?

Oiler fans are sad.

GOTY, probably won't be in the conversation. But this was about a 5 point night and a nice goal, which McDavid makes look easy. You come into the thread mocking the post, and their fans are sad? Look in a mirror.

 

[mondo3]

I'm thinking that McDavid is this generations Gretzky. I'm NOT saying he's as good as Wayne, but in the same way that Wayne was dominant in the eighties, Connor might be dominant in twenties (ok...saying twenties sounds odd).

 

[tsujimoto74]

Not even the goal of the night, but it does look like this McDavid fellow might be pretty good at ice hockey.

 

[dem]

I actually wonder if the way McDavid/Draisaitl are playing will change the amount of ice time stars get in this league.

Is 23-24 minutes a night really that absurd? Or is it just old coaching methodology?

The leafs wouldn't be better if Matthews played 5 more minutes a game?

 

[Frosty415]

And had 49 points in one calendar month -- going +32 during the month (November, 1983).

I do think McDavid is the overall "best" player since Mario Lemieux. He has the extremely rare combination of uber-fast skating in full control of the puck and elite hockey-IQ.

I don't think McDavid's puck handling + vision is quite as good as Lemieux's (and his vision certainly not as good as Gretzky's), but it's not that far off. (Mario was on a different level, however, when it comes to beating goaltenders with an arsenal of shots/dekes/moves).

Since I've been watching hockey, from the mid-1980s on, the three best players I've seen are:
1. Gretzky up to September 1991
2. Lemieux 1987 to 1996
3. McDavid October 2016 to now

Everybody else -- Bourque, Messier, Forsberg, Yzerman, Hasek, Crosby, Ovechkin, Lidstrom... plus a few more I can't think of right now -- are just a step or two behind.

as a fan of the early-mid 90s

100% spot on.

hes the best ive seen since mario

 

[Cup or Bust]

Too early to start compiling goal of the year candidates, but McDavid had a great night. Having a great start to the year. With how consistent he is, he could potentially put up great numbers this season if he stays healthy and the Oilers can keep scoring goals.

 

[LarKing]

I don’t think McDavid loses the point lead again after his next game.