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Originally Posted by カナダ人です
Some of the McDavid/Crosby comparisons are hilarious; they can make it sound like Crosby is all intangibles,etc. Crosby has insane skill. He can score of the rush, AND off the cycle. He makes crazy high-IQ passes and has an elite (perhaps THE elite) backhander. He can snipe top corner, and break ankles. He is an elite shot-tipper as well.
Add in his compete level, faceoff ability, 2-way game, etc, and McD has a long way to go to really be in the conversation if you ask me.
Oh and let's not forget he's won literally everything possible, both in team and personal awards. I would list them all but I'm too lazy. Like I said, it's basically everything except a Memorial Cup (although he took the Océanic to the tournament and was the top scorer)
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When Crosby came in to the league, it was a long time since a "generational talent" was hyped up as much as him. Probably since Lindros. There seemed to be a lot of people rooting against him.
McDavid on the other hand has been given the golden boy treatment since he entered the league. And it seems like now, every few years there is a new "generational talent".
IMO, McDavid is definitely the best young player to enter the league since Crosby, but the separation in talent between guys like McDavid and the rest of the top players in the league, is a lot smaller than it was when guys like Gretzky and Lemieux were tearing up the league. It doesn't mean as much to be a generational talent. There are probably 20 players in the league right now that would have been "generational talents" 20 or 30 years ago, back when the term meant something.