It's gotta be parroting something he's being fed. I can't believe any serious hockey fan would rather see basketball-style scoring than well played balanced hockey.
There's lots of narratives being pushed by people at the top, in the desperate hope of reaching new fans. And they obviously feel that people will be attracted to high scoring games. So that's the push. McDavid's a scorer so we anoint him as a superhero and tell people how great the spectacle is. It's sad. Cuz lots of really good players are getting buried in the snow here.
And the fastest growing game in terms of both fanship and new players in North America is of course, boring old low scoring soccer, so I'm not sure that the idea of "more goals = more good" is right in the first place. EDIT (I'm wrong the fastest growing game is pickle ball LOL but soccer's up there too).
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