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Originally Posted by T@T
I don't think so at all, McDavid is already making big NHL type endorsement money before he is even drafted, any good agent would make sure his star earner will be looked after going forward. People look at their salary and think "that's it" but if your a star in the right place it's far from it.
Crosby makes $4-5m a year in endorsements, AO about $3m, same with Stamkos and a few others. McDavid going to a dysfunctional crap hole team/city like Edmonton is not a good thing for his future. If I was his agent I wouldn't even talk to MacT, I would go right to Katz and say: if you don't fix the mess here...don't bother drafting my client as he will love his junior team for 2 more years.
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That's really what it is about... marketing. McDavid was identified as an elite talent at a young age, so a lot of the "generational talent" talk is about selling the game and selling merchandise. It was the same thing with Crosby. He was never going to being the next Gretzky. Top of his class? Sure. Best player in the world for a window of a few years, absolutely. A sport changing athlete? Nope.
Like Crosby, McDavid could very well be a piece that you build a championship team around, but he isn't going to be a game changer. I just think the talent in hockey has evolved to the point that there is a lot less separating "generational talent", from the elite talent you would typically expect from draft to draft.