McDavid is a really, really good player. But every time I've seen him he takes a heavy hit at least once or twice a game. He is generally bad at protecting himself. We already saw him get hurt last year, his first year, and it doesn't look like he's changed his style based on the first game of the this season. You know that other teams are going to be targetting him every chance they get. You almost never saw Gretzky get hit like that and if he did Semenko would kill the guys family. If Lucic has to fight every time McDavid gets hit cleanly he'll have PTSD by Christmas.
Don't get me wrong, I don't wish injury to McDavid but the way he's going it kind of seems inevitable. For his sake I hope he plays with a little more caution -starting right after he demands a trade out of The City of No Good.
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