F Gavin McKenna - Medicine Hat Tigers, WHL (2026 Draft)

[jj cale]

You’re more than free to put me on ignore, happy new year

lol.

Happy new year to you also

 

[Beukeboom]

No, it can't. Because January 2006 birthday and December 2006 birthdays have played together their whole development.

You're being purposely obtuse at this point.

I'd argue the truth lies somewhere in the middle? As you say, playing together over x years as 07s matters more than NHL's arbitrary September cut off. But being a whole year older (McDavid vs Mckenna) is not nothing as a teenager. I would actually compare Mckenna's performance this year with McDavid's 4 points in 7 games campaign.

 

[Namejs]

I mean who looks insanely good in this tournament except for ASP ? Hagens ?

Well, Murnieks looked quite a bit better than McKenna, and he's 7 months younger and a triple underager.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Well, Murnieks looked quite a bit better than McKenna, and he's 7 months younger and a triple underager.

Did he? Or he just scored a little more?

I get that McKenna didn’t meet expectations, but I think if he was Gavins McKennicks who was a relative unknown from Latvia and showed what he did that people would’ve been impressed that he showed off some fancy skills and moves and would care less that the execution wasn’t there yet.

 

[Namejs]

Did he? Or he just scored a little more?

I get that McKenna didn’t meet expectations, but I think if he was Gavins McKennicks who was a relative unknown from Latvia and showed what he did that people would’ve been impressed that he showed off some fancy skills and moves and would care less that the execution wasn’t there yet.

I don't want to make this into a pissing contest, but I respectfully disagree.

I think McKenna got manhandled, his fancy moves often ended up with Canada losing possession. I was waiting and expecting to be impressed by him, but it never happened.

His game wasn't very efficient. And he ended up being the only player on Team Canada with a negative +/-.

Murnieks was extremely efficient and unexpectedly so.