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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
Connor McDavid is the only player I’ve ever seen who scares me when he gets the puck below his own face off circle.
He’s unlike any player I’ve ever watched. It doesn’t mean he’s the best player, but if there are five guys in the last hundred years who are better, there aren’t many more than five (let’s stick to just forwards).
Gretzky, Mario, Howe, Messier, Jagr, Sid, Ovechkin.
He’s better than your Sakic/Yzerman/Forsberg/Modano level superstar.
He’s better than Iggy.
He’s better than all of the current superstars - Matthews, Barkov, Seguin, Kopitar, Tavares, MacKinnon.
He’s dust any of the stars from the black and white days - Richard, Beliveau, Esposito, Dionne, Sittler etc.
Yeah. I think it’s undeniable that he’s a top-10 player of the last 100 years.
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Sakic, Yzerman, Forsberg and Modano all led their clubs to championships, McDavid hasn’t even come remotely close. He can have all the Art Ross’ he wants he’s never going to lead the Oilers to the cup with all the floating he does and the severe lack of defensive awareness. Funny how you say he’s better than all those guys yet the only player on that list he’s ever had a better season than is Modano. He’s never had a better season statistically than Yzerman, Forsberg or Sakic (or Crosby for that matter)
Yeah, he’s the current cream of the crop as far as the young superstars go but Seguin and Kopitar have already won Cups and I’d wager my house that one (maybe two) of Matthews, Barkov, Tavares and Mackinnon win Cups before he does. McDavid is all flash, no substance with zero leadership qualities.