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Originally Posted by Sofa GM
100% agree with this. McDavid doesn’t have elite hockey IQ, and as he slows with age so will the gaps he is given since the opponent doesn’t want to get beat with speed. He could entirely fall off the cliff in his early-mid 30’s. It is highly unlikely he will produce in a similar fashion to Crosby.
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Also think the game will keep getting faster as teams prioritize speed in their defensemen. Every team is looking for the next Makar/Hughes/Hutson in drafts now… rather than looking for the next tanev. So I think team defence around the league over the next 5-10 years will shift to faster defencemen who are quick on their edges… there will be fewer and fewer defencemen that McDavid can burn with his speed as they get faster and he gets slower.