Will Connor McDavid win the Art Ross this season?
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Sure, I could change it to fit your revised parameters needed to rebuild your argument, but I’m good.
Shouldn’t be playing 20+ minutes? That’s what a top forward plays.
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And top forwards could be rested in prep for playoffs instead of chasing individual titles.
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Tell me when this happened then, since it seems to be common knowledge I’ve missed despite my obsession.
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Big night for the league. The eight non-Oilers in the top 10 all play tonight, while half of them—the Avs trio and Kucherov lock up in the same game.
Oilers don’t play again until the 29th.
Oilers don’t play again until the 29th.
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He's got the wedding hangover out of his system. Guys got 18 points in his last 8 games. Safe to say unless Nikita Mackinnon also go supernova, it's hard to bet against a 27 year old generational player in his prime years.
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It’ll be another interesting race. I fully expect McDavid to go 2 PPG the rest of the way and perhaps sit a game at the end, giving him 146 in 78.
MacKinnon and Kucherov both went supernova at the exact point last season and never really let up—9 points in first 10 games for MacKinnon and 11 points in first 10 games for Kucherov before finishing with 131 and 133 in their final 72 games.
Kucherov has the same number of points through 19 games that he had last season, but has been more consistent with how he got there.
MacKinnon started much hotter this season and is in the midst of a brief cooldown with 2 in his last 4, after 33 in his first 17. He’s still 7 points ahead of where he was last season. Interestedly enough, he also “only” had 7 goals through 21 games last season, yet ended up with 51.
For fun, Kucherov had six points in Game 20 last season, MacKinnon had one in his Game 22. It’d be nice to see a low scoring affair to keep McDavid closer while he’s off, but I’m assuming they’re both going to exit tonight with 4-5 points apiece.
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McDavid really is Jesus, wouldn’t actually be shocked if he was running away with this by next month
He had a historic season in 2021 and was horrible in the playoffs.
He took it a bit easier in 2022, and was fantastic come playoffs
He had another historic season in 2023 - was really good in playoffs, but not quite as dominant
Had another 'historic' season in 2024, but clearly slowed down at the end, and was fantastic come playoffs
We'll see how this season plays out - but I suspect Oilers to be safely in a playoff spot by March/April. It'll be interresting to see if McDavid slows down a bit again or not, and how it affects his upcoming playoffs.
Exactly...this thread isn't going to age well as he is now only 7 points out and the Oilers PP isn't even clicking yet.
I could see Kaprizov hitting 125 or so. Which could win if the big 4 don’t have superlative seasons. I can’t see him keeping up with what they did last year though.
