James Harden flops through contact and flails his arms/legs, much like the Panthers and Golden Knights
Honestly, McDavid would probably do well to take a page out of Harden’s book because so far the league does not call the same obstruction infractions on him that they do on everybody else(ie. bottom six scrubs)
At least the NBA gives harden his calls (and much more excessively),…
The NHL doesn’t even give their generational talents, a true opportunity to shine( like NFL, MLB and NBA) ,. They’d rather see their generational talents, truly “EARN IT” it just like Crosby taking a ridiculous amount of abuse through his prime compared to lesser players that PLAY LESS MINUTES WHILE BEING LESS DANGEROUS/easier to shut down within the rules.
It’s pretty clear that the referees in big games are scared to put the Oilers on the pp because they feel it’s “unfair or not real hockey”
It’s humourous how many times the oilers are put on the power play as a result of a make up call where the reffs would not call obstruction on McDavid(because I guess he’s just too good to stop legally so for the sake of the “integrity” of the game the referees let obvious stuff against him go
, but they’ll call some goofball shit a few minutes later as an obvious make up call
For me, it’s like déjà vu watching prime Crosby get obstructed/abused but even more more egregious, They’ve both had their injuries, but I’d argue McDavid has had better luck so far at least concussion wise
The NHL should be ashamed for allowing the circumstances that caused Crosby to miss the bulk of his prime(if nothing else it’s a shameful squander of a marketing opportunity) and McDavid’s career is trending in the same way, but he doesn’t have the early cups/competent management