Edmonton is No Good XII: "I Dunno.. it's Just Not Good."

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

What makes McDavid special is not just his speed/skating - it's his ability to make plays at that speed. No one has been able to do that like he can. There's been guys that can skate like him, but they can't make plays at speed. He is the best player, ever, at that. And it's the part that makes him uniquely dangerous.

He's elite at skating fast, handling and shooting at top speed, not getting hit while doing so and diving.

[TheIronMaiden]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

What makes McDavid special is not just his speed/skating - it's his ability to make plays at that speed. No one has been able to do that like he can. There's been guys that can skate like him, but they can't make plays at speed. He is the best player, ever, at that. And it's the part that makes him uniquely dangerous.

100% disagree, McDavid is No Good.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

What makes McDavid special is not just his speed/skating - it's his ability to make plays at that speed. No one has been able to do that like he can. There's been guys that can skate like him, but they can't make plays at speed. He is the best player, ever, at that. And it's the part that makes him uniquely dangerous.

Pavel Bure comes to mind as a burner that could stick handle at top speed but he played at a time when the overall game was played slower.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

He's elite at skating fast, handling and shooting at top speed, not getting hit while doing so and diving.

It's kind of surprising more players haven't been able to line him up for some big hits but it's one of those things where they fear him skating right by them if they take an aggressive angle.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

It's kind of surprising more players haven't been able to line him up for some big hits but it's one of those things where they fear him skating right by them if they take an aggressive angle.

I said in the last game, Bahl plays him as well as anyone. I think the big hit is too risky as you say. You look dumb if he just evades you and you slide into the boards. Bahl's huge wingspan pushed him to the outside so he just had a pass out front play, which you can handle.

[Erick Estrada]

Also the league no longer has the Marchment, Cooke, Torres, Samuelsson players that were willing to go out of their way and seek to injure players. If for example Cooke played in today's NHL in the same division as McDavid I could see him going out on the ice with the sole intent to take McDavid's head off as he did with Marc Savard. The league doesn't really have those kind of players any more and is better off for it.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Also the league no longer has the Marchment, Cooke, Torres, Samuelsson players that were willing to go out of their way and seek to injure players.

Which reminds me, Cal Clutterbuck probably deserves a spot on that list.

[GioforPM]

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[dieHARDflameZ]

Best offensive player maybe but McDavid has a lot of holes in his game. I would take prime Crosby over prime McDavid any day of the week and twice on Sundays.

[Inferno]

Pissy's headshot for the Olympics looks like a mugshot.