I'm not gonna bother going through replays to confirm this but I suspect that McAvi has a fairly high conversion rate on that particular move once he's gotten around the defender, possibly in the 1/3rd range like a normal breakaway or shootout. compare that to the low percentage of success when he tries to utilize his plug wingers and I can see why he's compelled to try it so frequently.
I did though replay some Mackinnon rushes just to see what another player with glitch speed does, and the difference is that he actually uses his wrister from various distances, rather than always going for the tuck in or flip right at the blue paint like McAvi does. that's why there's no highlights of MacK bowling into the goalie/post/net.
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