Where are McDavid and Draisaitl when it matters?

[General Disarray]

He has yet to replicate his regular season play in the playoffs. Is he a playoff performer or a choker?

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[The Grim Reaper]

Through two games now, zero points. Are they just regular season warriors?

Not a great look for the supposed new “faces of the league”, no?

 

[OilWagon]

Yes

 

[olli]

Lol 2 games doesn’t determine much. he played pretty good tonight but Hellebuyck was a wall.

 

[Bobby9]

Best regular season players in the league hands down.

 

[Video Nasty]

No, but it’s been a disappointing start regardless. Climbing out of a 2-0 hole against an underrated team like Winnipeg is going to take a colossal effort.

 

[TLEH]

Its not a problem that he isn't replicating his regular season stats. More a problem that he isn't scoring much at all.

 

[TooManyHumans]

That didn't take long.

 

[LevelingSolo]

So far

 

[koyvoo]

McDavid though is a true magician. Disappearing act like no other.

 

[Bobby9]

100%

 

[Johnny Canucker]

We can’t really judge yet. Once he plays his first playoff game this year then we can decide.

 

[koyvoo]

But still, how long until he asks out of that trash heap?

 

[Three On Zero]

He's not built for tight checking defensive games.

 

[Nadal On Clay]

HF at its finest...

 

[Mickey Marner]

It's crazy that McDavid scores two points or more in every regular season game against Winnipeg but can't score against them in the playoffs.

 

[avsfan9]

Yes the league was handing out pp like candy at a Christmas parade.They are not so effective when they don’t have room to skate. Baffles the mind though, two extremely talented players. Plus a hot goalie can steal a series

 

[tntkid]

Oilers are a 2 player team.

You shutdown Drai and McD and you beat them.

 

[JT Kreider]

McRegularseason

 

[RussianRacket]

He's no Mackinnon

 

[BorntoLose]

Not over til its over game 3 will be telling though

 

[jcs0218]

McDavid's performance is exactly why I was on the pro-Crosby side in the recent thread about who was better at the same age.

Crosby was turning his game up several notches come playoff time, at an even younger age than McDavid is now. And this was quite impressive when you consider Crosby was also a beast in the regular season.

McDavid can score a million points against a weak North Division, with a half-million points on the PP.

But Crosby at the same age was a better overall player. At 5-on-5, and all the little things that help you win a hockey game.

 

[bambamcam4ever]

It's crazy that McDavid scores two points or more in every regular season game against Winnipeg but can't score against them in the playoffs.

"best player since Lemieux" lmaooo

 

[780il]

Nowhere to be f***ing seen so far that’s for sure

Completely M.I.A ffs

 

[Fataldogg]

One big reason is their efficiency on the PP and lack there of in the playoffs.

Rules change, whether refs want to admit it or how, there is obstruction, clutch and grab, hooking, etc and nothing gets called. Most penalties I've seen in the playoffs this year are players accidentally flipping the puck over the boards.

If you take away the Oilers PP, they are not nearly as effective as a team.

That said, they did have 3 power plays tonight and were not able to generate anything. They looked bad tonight on the PP.