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thefoss1957 · 11-20-2016, 11:32 AM

It is not just Flame fans that feel the hyperbole on McD is excessive...I have seen games where young players, around the league, get junk said about them with TV guys, comparing them to what the TV guy thought that McD would have done (no matter how ridiculously miraculous the imagined McD move would have been!). Even last year, in the Calder discussion, the Canadian media seemed to want to compare McD's PER GAME stats, and hype them over Panarin's PER SEASON stats, allowing for no drop off, or ebbs and flows that would inevitably occur when a young player has to grind for the full 82 games. It's like he ALREADY has been voted to the HOF...no knock from me on his talent or potential, but, THIS fan wants to see a body of work over an extended time, before, to paraphrase the late NFL coach Dennis Green, "Crowning his a$$".

As Cali, Backcheck, and Crunch have pointed out, development of talented young players in Edmonton, has not been universally successful, and as talented as McD appears to be, the NHL is a league of adjustments, and there still are facets of his game that have to be cultivated.

11-20-2016, 11:32 AM	#1554
thefoss1957 Franchise Player Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago Native relocated to the stinking desert of Utah Exp:	It is not just Flame fans that feel the hyperbole on McD is excessive...I have seen games where young players, around the league, get junk said about them with TV guys, comparing them to what the TV guy thought that McD would have done (no matter how ridiculously miraculous the imagined McD move would have been!). Even last year, in the Calder discussion, the Canadian media seemed to want to compare McD's PER GAME stats, and hype them over Panarin's PER SEASON stats, allowing for no drop off, or ebbs and flows that would inevitably occur when a young player has to grind for the full 82 games. It's like he ALREADY has been voted to the HOF...no knock from me on his talent or potential, but, THIS fan wants to see a body of work over an extended time, before, to paraphrase the late NFL coach Dennis Green, "Crowning his a$$". As Cali, Backcheck, and Crunch have pointed out, development of talented young players in Edmonton, has not been universally successful, and as talented as McD appears to be, the NHL is a league of adjustments, and there still are facets of his game that have to be cultivated. __________________ "If the wine's not good enough for the cook, the wine's not good enough for the dish!" - Julia Child (goddess of the kitchen)