Since before he was even drafted, McDavid has been the new posterboy for the NHL, painted as a generational player, etc. Publication after publication has been whipped up PROJECTING his greatness as opposed to what he's accomplished. A few examples below
Cox - The Star, March 4th 2016:
https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs...light-cox.html
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Connor McDavid will be on the team, which means the Young Guns will have one of the game’s best offensive players in their lineup. Maybe the best.
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If World Cup organizers are true to their promises, the 2016 event will be followed by another tournament in 2020. By then, McDavid will possibly have won a scoring championship and a Hart Trophy and maybe, just maybe, will have lifted the Edmonton Oilers into a playoff position, which would be his greatest feat of all.
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Sit him at the kids table for next summer’s World Cup if you want. One suspects he’ll have the attention of the entire tournament before it’s over.
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NHL.com, Sept 2nd 2016:
https://www.nhl.com/news/connor-mcda...up/c-281549564
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Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby is thrilled Pittsburgh hockey fans finally will get a chance to see Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid play in person.
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"I think the one [player] that would stick out is Connor McDavid," Crosby told the Penguins website Friday. "… To be able to see him, someone who plays usually out west and is as good as he is, to be able to see him up close, that young team is going to be pretty fast and should make for pretty entertaining hockey to watch."
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McDavid was speedily named captain of Team NA without much of a resume in the NHL. In fact, the Calder runner-up hadn't even played a full NHL season and lost out to other notables such as Nathan MacKinnon and Aaron Ekblad who would have been more than suitable wear the 'C'.
McDavid hasn't a single goal, nor point in 2 WC games, while being gifted priority minutes on the top line and the PP. So the question remains, is McDavid the next Daigle?