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Originally Posted by Sofa GM
I think we are looking at this leadership thing with McDavid a little too deep. Let’s be honest, McDavid has no desire to be a leader or the face. He is bad with the media, says some dumb things when questioned on hockey issues, and is not the guy that other players want to rally around. I think he would be very happy being a support player who gets accolades and acknowledgment for his own individual achievements but is never grilled about the team or its success.
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I think he has no desire to actually handle the responsibilities of those roles, but the roles themselves are vanity metrics to him, just like scoring 150 will be for him this season while his team as a whole is merely fighting for a wildcard spot. The vanity metrics clearly matter to him.