McDavid would've been amazing to watch on any other team that would provide proper development and support on his first 3 or 4 years.
Lowe just expects those top picks simply just to "go play" and not meddle with thier game (just their heads) as if it's Wayne circa 1984 vs out of shape defensesman and stand up goalies.
It's why all those top picks have flailed there, in addition to the meddling of Lowe (himself and via McT,)
Players develop every year from when they start skating at 2 years old, until they make the jump into the big league, helped and guided by coaching staffs and now, personal trainers and support teams.
But with the Oilers it's hands off the top picks from Lowe, so Hall,RNH, Eberle, Dr Drai, and Yakupov just exist and that means they don't get better or add more dimension to their game. Hell, not even on ice development, with Pool Party they figured out only after over a year they should help him out with English lessons so he can basically communicate.
McDavid would be almost twice the player he is now if on basically any other team in the league and had a proper personal and team development plan, and that's scary.
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