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Originally Posted by Buff
This made me wonder about how long it took other superstars to learn. Connor is taking a while, but not yet the longest.
Gretzky - 4 seasons of lessons (Messier can be here too)
Lemieux - 6
Yzerman - 13
Sakic - 7
Jagr - 0
Crosby - 3
Ovechkin - 12
Kane - 2
Some very notable Cup champs there. Yzerman and Ovechkin certainly took forever to win but the others were much quicker than what McDavid is doing. I believe that McDavid would fit into the situation of players like Ron Francis, Ray Bourque, Brett Hull etc. They couldn't win but one their 1st or 2nd year on a new team. I honestly believe that McDavid will win a cup just as quickly after he leaves the Oilers. It won't take him long to learn how to win. He's slowly figuring it out on his own but playing for a franchise that thinks "Just put out Connor and Leon and we'll win" is a solid tactic then he's SOL.
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Connor won't change his game, because nobody has the balls to have that talk with him. He was below average in the playoffs at even strength, and had the same old fly the zone habits. There are no Bowman style coaches that will sit a 12.5 million dollar offensive player down and say "Look Fnuts, you need to round your game out to win". It ain't gonna happen.
And what Oiler fans should be worried about is he's entering that late 20's time of his career, where he suddenly wakes up a fraction slower, with his hands a fraction slower. He can't fall back on at least I'm ok defensively.
He's one injury from trying to slam a basket ball in a basketball court with a 6 foot ceiling away from having all of those hits and bumps and bruises and wreckless style from catching up to him.