Mcdavid - finally regressing?

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Michel Beauchamp

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28 points in his last 15 games. Just came off a long playoff run where he was the first skater to win the Conn Smythe in a losing effort in 50 years. Pacing right up with the best in the league despite missed games and injury troubles over the last 1.3 seasons,

I think he's just fine.
Might be nitpicking, but 48 years, not 50 (Reggie Leach in 1976).
 

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Not @ the player or his ranking, but @ that 4-year-old child cringe nickname.
 
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olli

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This is a fair and well thought out analysis. These are the responses I was looking for.

Thank you.


I agree maybe the expectations are just too high now after his peak season


Exactly. But that proves my point. Regress or not he’s no longer in his own tier. Kuch and Mack are right there.
He’s still in his own tier, his playoff numbers separate him from MacKinnon And Kucherov which speaks volumes because of those guys are incredible playoff performers.
 

Puckluck

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Only two secondary assists today and that was only thanks to Troy Strecher, Darrel Nurse, Zach Hyman and Leon Draisaitl. He is going downhill fast.
 

SillyRabbit

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McDavid isn't regressing, MacKinnon and Kucherov are just getting better.

And McDavid is still better than them. He's been gaining on the scoring race all season long. He's 7 points back with 2 games in hand.
 

syz

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McDavid is skating and shooting better than I've seen since the end of the '23 regular season. I don't think he was ever fully healthy last year and was worried at the start of this season when it still looked like he had things that were nagging him, but he seems to be back to normal. He does typically start "slow" (for his standards) as well for whatever reason.
 
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