It absolutely does address the point. The comment I was responding to made no mention of a "season ending injury", just an injury. Draisaitl has shown he can elevate his game in the rare instances that McDavid misses games in the past. It absolutely amazes me that even after 5 years of playing at a 50+ goal, 120+ point pace people still think Draisaitl is a mere product of McDavid.
McDavid played 63 of 71 games in 2019-2020 and lost out on the Ross to Draisaitl. Draisaitl saw his PPG jump from 1.5 to 2.0 when McDavid was out that year.
And Draisaitl is significantly ahead of #3 in points since McDavid began to dominate the Art Ross trophy in 2017. Mcdavid is #1 in points since 2017 with 802. Draisaitl is #2 with 684. MacKinnon is #3 with 606. That is a significant gap.
Should McDavid miss time next year the biggest threat to him winning the Art Ross is clearly Draisaitl. In a couple years time as McDavid and Draisaitl get older it will be time for Bedard to start winning Art Ross trophies.