David's club performance doesn't have much relevance to the argument IMO, outside of perhaps being on good form going into the tournament. What matters is how he plays against World Cup level opposition with the players he lines up with for Canada. To date, he's been pretty quiet.
When David was lighting up Ligue 1 at the start of last season he wasn't scoring against the US or Mexico, his lone goal against World Cup opposition came against Costa Rica when they looked like they would miss the tournament. Same story this year, he scores often for Lille, but against Uruguay and Japan he failed to score. Although you could argue against Japan he should have taken the penalty.
David doesn't really create chances on his own, he makes wonderful runs inside the box and relies on quality chance creation from midfield or out wide to capitalize. I'm not sure how much service he is going to get up top at this tournament. His chances will be few and far between.
Buchanan on the other hand can force the play and make good on a lone chance, as he showed at in the Gold Cup semifinal against Mexico. Almost selfish in that regard, similar to Davies.
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