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Didn't even notice that Connor became the longest serving captain in Oiler's history last season (at 6 seasons). Prior to McDavid, it was a tie (Gretzky and J.Smith) at 5 years as Edmonton's captain

Just one cup, and he will have earned the honor of having a statue erected in front of Roger's Place permanently, at career's end, similar to Gretzky at the Coliseum
 
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Rengorlex said:
This is a cool article on McDavid, his game and his impact on the sport. Really well written IMO.

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What a piece of writing that is - thoughtful prose and some truly novel insights into modern hockey phenomena that really ring of truth to this reader.

For example, the number of players akin to McDavid in the author's post-headshot era reaching critical mass as NHL contributors having an effect on the latest surges in offence makes a lot of sense to me but isn't something I would have considered before reading.

Thanks for sharing.
 
That's a fascinating article and I feel echoes some of the issues I have following the NHL now. I don't currently materially support the league in any way because I dislike a lot of the ways skilled players get undermined. Hearing about refs saying "if we called everything against McDavid they'd be on the PP the whole game" which to me is "so?" Because I also feel it is insulting to the players as though they wouldn't be able to adapt to taking less penalties rather than relying on dangerous plays that see someone like Crosby get a concussion or McDavid get his knee smashed into the post.
 
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alanschu said:
That's a fascinating article and I feel echoes some of the issues I have following the NHL now. I don't currently materially support the league in any way because I dislike a lot of the ways skilled players get undermined. Hearing about refs saying "if we called everything against McDavid they'd be on the PP the whole game" which to me is "so?" Because I also feel it is insulting to the players as though they wouldn't be able to adapt to taking less penalties rather than relying on dangerous plays that see someone like Crosby get a concussion or McDavid get his knee smashed into the post.
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That's always been a major gripe about the NHL's officiating policy for me for quite some time now. There is an idea that an unbalanced powerplay ratio in games is somehow unfair to the teams involved, but forcing parity in PP attempts is just artificially penalizing fast/skilled players/teams, and rewarding slow, undisciplined players/teams who can't keep up. It's arguably the least fair way to manage the game as it strays into the realm of equity in a sport that designed entirely around merit, having the opposite effect of their attempts at trying to create sense of evenness.

Even worse, games turn into a complete slog when refs move towards "let them play" nonsense, and quite often results into an escalating spiral of on-ice violence.
 
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Forgot how much the Oilers played from behind last season. So many game tying and comeback goals, especially through the first half of the season.

Easily his best goal scoring season of his career so far. If he hadn't had that major lull mid-season, he clears 50 easily. Hopefully he gets a push over the next few years and breaks that mark.
 
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Looks like he's done with hockey :sarcasm:​
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