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F Gavin McKenna - Medicine Hat Tigers, WHL (2026 Draft)
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It would be wonderful if he was McDavid2.0.
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Continue to dig your grave, you have no idea what you’re talking about LMAOO
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I’m more hesitant on him then a lot of people but the praise since the tournament has been pretty effusive
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I mean thats just his teammate who has never played with or against bedard. Big praise but nothing unexpected
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2012-13 was McDavid's Exceptional Status season, his 15 year old season.
2023-24 was McKenna's 16 year old season, he didn't get Exceptional Status to play full time in his 15 year old season.
Pretty simple
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Not how hockey year and birth year works. You play with your birth year unless, like McDavid, you play up a year. McKenna is essentially the youngest in his hockey year and school year (Jan 1-Dec 31), meaning his dominance coming up in minor hockey is extremely impressive. McDavid was essentially the oldest in his hockey year/school year, so he had that natural advantage, so because he was already dominant, playing up was more beneficial in order to challenge him.
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Still I don't really see why one should compare them 343 days apart when one can compare 24 days apart.
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Because they didn't start full time major junior the same hockey year when you compare them. McKenna had a small sample 15 year old season that the Dub allows their 15 year olds to play in.
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It’s not an argument. It’s facts. I’m sorry you’re not capable of realizing this.
Gavin McKenna didn’t get exceptional status to play as a 15 year old. This is McKenna’s 16 year old season. In McDavid’s 16 year old season he had 99 points, in Bedard’s 16 year old season he had 100 points. McKenna is close to being on par with those performances, but he isn’t crushing them like that post is making it seem.
By actual age:
14
McKenna 0+6=6 (8 gp, 0.75 ppg)
McDavid none
15
McKenna 15+29=44 (34 gp, 1.29 ppg)
McDavid 19+26=45 (38 gp, 1.18 ppg)
16
McKenna 23+42=65 (35 gp, 1.86 ppg)
McDavid 21+58=79 (59 gp, 1.34 ppg)
McKenna still has plenty of 16yo games left until December.
While everyone is discussing the comparisons what I'm most curious is if Medicine Hat will try him at center. Personally I don't know how translatable his style is to C, but if the kid has such good hands, vision, and IQ I don't see why it wouldn't be worth a shot considering next year is his draft minus 1.
Saw him 4 times at the u18s. Couldn't believe what I was watching. He's absolutely incredible.
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Why would they? no sense in changing his playing position, he has always been a winger.
it would be as dumb as forcing a lefty kid become righty, it happens though, parents do that to kids
Doing shit like that because supposedly center position is more desirable? no thank you.
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I was just commenting on your attack on the poster as opposed to what you just wrote now - which is correct.
There are some caviates. McKenna didn't apply for exceptional status. Also he is close to a year younger than McDavid within their development years.
But you are technically correct.
Silky Johnson commenting on someone's attack on a poster? Look at your tag line.
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It really depends on the makeup of the team. Wiesblatt has aged out, who was McKenna's main centre. If they put Lindstrom and McKenna together, it doesn't make sense to make Gavin a centre, because Lindstrom is much stronger there.
They've also tried basha at centre, and actually he's been pretty good there. So that's two of the top centers on the team.
I think McKenna has only played centre in his youth days and maybe the Canada Winter games.
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One can easily see that McKenna is part native american
his mom is like 1/2 or 1/3 native american
I don't think racial profiling is what we need here.
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She would be indigenous/aboriginal. Native American is an American term. But I dont see any reference to her background so seems like a pretty outta pocket comment.
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It's pretty hard to be 1/3 anything. Maybe 1/2 or 1/4.
It's pretty hard to be 1/3 anything. Maybe 1/2 or 1/4.
Bedard has all the tools to play center at the nect level, he was just physically immature this rookie year.
Mckenna is looking like a great prospect but I wonder if he will transition to center or not.
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