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Originally Posted by dobbles
One thing I will say about McDavid, is I don't hear anything about him in the states. He might as well be the same as Huberdeau or Barkov down in Florida. Great player that the media doesn't care about.
NBC in its coverage continues to shove the east coast teams down our throats and still emphasize Crosby and Ovechkin. Its the same mix of Pens, Caps, Rangers, Flyers and Bruins that cycle through all the coverage. They sprinkle in some midwest stuff with Hawks/Blues or maybe some California stuff with Sharks/Kings, but they continue to ignore Canadian teams; more so this year since you guys are playing on your own of course.
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Originally Posted by dino7c
Yeah I work in the US... nobody knows who McDavid is or cares. It's not like he's a YouTube gamer or something.
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I said in another recent broadcasting thread that the league needs more McDavid's, and this right here is a big reason. US sports is really focused on superstar players that generate buzz and excitement. The NHL lacks that tremendously. With the game being much faster these days, hopefully more generational type players are coming through the youth pipeline so there can be several players (with some or all on US teams) that can draw more interest to the sport.
It would be great for the NHL to have several 100 point players per season rather than just one or two. Although the 2019 season did have not just one, but SIX players that reached +100 points (Kucherov got most with 128). If that becomes more the norm, then NHL will at least have several players that they can set performative storylines around.
P.S. And for the 2019 season, if you include Gaudreau, McKinnon (99) and Stamkos (98) in reaching the 100 mark, that would've been
nine players reaching the century mark. That was quite the year for goals.