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Originally Posted by TheFlamesVan
Ugh..... I'm going to get slaughtered for this.
But when I saw Connor McDavid play live in Guelph I told my friends that whoever gets him will win the cup inside 5 years. The kid is unlike anybody I had ever seen live.
I sadly stand by that statement even though the oilers picked him.
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I think you are wrong.
If the past decade has taught us anything, it is that it takes a good deal more than a great player to win a Stanley Cup. The best teams over the course of that time have won on exceptional balance and coaching.
The Oilers still look to be a team with gaping holes throughout the lineup, and especially on defence. McDavid will make the Oilers better offensively—maybe even get them to a league average level of goal production—but they will never win anything with their current collection of defensemen and defence prospects.