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Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
“Compete” is why McAvi is clearly NOT the best player in the world. He doesn’t have enough to be considered.
His compete level when he doesn’t have the puck is nearly non existent, and maybe there only half the time (at best) when he does have it.
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This. The guy is likely the fastest player to ever play the game and he seems to only use that speed in one direction and only when he has the puck. Gaudreau is not going to win a selke but we’ve seen him bust his but to get back and break up a play to save a scoring chance against the flames multiple times - especially in the last few years. He did it just the other night and was rewarded with a goal for it.
I don’t watch every Oilers game but I’ve seen enough of them and I watch hockey highlights every night... and I don’t think I’ve ever seen McDavid use that crazy speed of his to backcheck and break up a play like that. And if he started doing that... he could be a force at both ends of the ice. No odd man rush would be safe. But he doesn’t. And I don’t think he ever will.
Of course he can play 27 minutes a game: he saves 98% of his energy exclusively for offence but spends half his time on ice in his own zone. Imagine the kind of player he could be if actually spent half his energy and all of his speed to get the puck back/keep the puck out of his net.
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