First of all, anyone that's comparing McDoofus to Lemieux or Gretzky, or Orr, or Howe, or Crosby is on crack.
McDavid is a great offensive player, but miserable without the puck, and he's not a guy like Yzerman, or Crosby who gives a crap out thier own end and winning.
McDavid can play at high speed, and he can be amazing at it, but lets be honest, what's going to happen when he turns 29 or 30, and those legs get a little slower. I'd argue that he will have a big decline in his last contract year.
Lemieux came back from major back issues to lead his team to the cup, the guy came back from Cancer, and he played in an era where teams literally beat the sh%%T out of him. McDavid would cry in that era.
This Oilers team is already making up their excuses for their last presser of the year. Wah, the refs screwed us, wah, Bob's an actual NHL goalie, wah, we outplayed them.
In the Avengers, Captain America accused Iron man of not being able to lay it on the line and lay down on barbed wire so his friends could get across, and Iron Man said he'd cut the wire.
Well for McDavid he's not smart enough to cut the wire, and he doesn't want to compete hard enough when things are hard to lay on the wire. He's sit there and whine to everyone that hears that the wire is unfair.
As for Draisaitl, he'd take one look at the wire with his pissy resting face and say screw this, there's no barbed wire in New York.
Oh and the Oiler fans laughable comparison to the 1983 Oilers that got thumped by the Islanders and came back the next year to win the cup. There's no comparable, this Oilers team is nowhere near as complete as that team. A frankly this Oilers team doesn't have the leadership of Gretzky, and Messier, this Oilers team does not have a Coffey, or Anderson or Kurri. Oh and in this day and age of its harder to get to the finals two years in a row unless your team is special, and yes the Oilers are special in a wearing a helmet while out in public, but they are not a special rising club.
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