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Originally Posted by SportsJunky
Over at The Athletic, this is the latest Oilers story.
Never change Edmonton media.
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I firmly believe this to be a foundational issue with the oiler's culture. They fall so deeply in love with their wonder kids that they simply can't do anything wrong.
Kid shouldn't have been given the C so early, and it's ok to critique him and call out his mistakes and faults. He's so good that he would easily become better for it.
His d is questionable, faceoffs not good, and he's captained a team to terrible results for 2 straight years. Instead of putting him on a pedestal and blaming every single other player and facet of the organization for their struggles, why not also use this as a teaching tool to drive him to become a more complete player??
I saw an article after the asg break indicating that Hitchcock is now leaning on mcdavid to help create a plan to improve the offense. Just like that practice where him and Draisaitl were allowed to leave practice while the rest of the group was bag skated.
The oilers hinder development of ALL their prospects. Mcdavid will never grow to be a leader and driver of a team to cup finals (gold medals, etc) as long as he remains in Edmonton.
They are toxic organization, and mcdavid's first 4 seasons and where they appear to be headed is a true testament to that.