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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
Come on guy. You come out questioning McDavid's abilities and he scores a hattrick in the very next game....
You have to see the absurdity there. Question the Oilers sure. They have a tendency to suck. But why question Mcdavid? It doesn't take a sharp hockey mind to see this kid is for real.
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Certainly the kid is going to be an excellent hockey player. But the reason why you get so much of a fight here is because of the overselling of McDavid by the media and the Oilers.
In other words we're sick and tired of the hype.
And no I doubt he's the next Gretzky, I even have doubts that he's the next Crosby who to me has a better overall skill set and looks to have way more dimensions to his game.
But if people would stop doing unspeakable things to him everytime he does a good thing on the ice he wouldn't get so much pushback.
But I really hope he's very successful because paying him 12 million bucks a year is going to hurt the Oilers competitively more then it helps them, especially with captain panic move Chia at the helm..