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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
That's ridiculous. The guy has a 62 point pace over the entirety of his career. He scored 76 points before McDavid was playing in Juniors. We are now going to argue that his worst season statistically was a boost from McDavid? Wow.
McDavid did affect his stats...negatively, but not as much as Draisaitl. He was no longer top line through most of the season, he played with Hopkins and Lucic or Pouliot for a large amount of the time on the second line. As the second line, his ice-time was sharply reduced. From nearly 20 minutes in years before to under 17. PP time was greatly affected compared to his time playing on the top line with Hall a couple seasons ago. From 3:00+ to under 2:15. Of course he saw time with McDavid, but being replaced by Draisaitl had a far more negative affect this year. And Draisaitl would replace any team's top right winger except for Chicago, Tampa and St. Louis.
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You keep bringing up the career ppg. Bottom line is the last three years, which are prime years, he hasn't hit those mark. He got buckets of points early because the Oilers didn't have any structure and cheated for offense.