08-18-2020, 08:01 AM
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#1201
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Looooooooooooooch
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Milan Lucic > Connor McDavid
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08-18-2020, 12:02 PM
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#1202
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Franchise Player
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Loved watching MacKinnon chuck knuckles last night, after a dirty hit to his team-mate.
I know some will argue that your best player shouldn't be fighting. But he is also their captain and their leader, and at that moment, he was leading with his fists, which sent a HUGE message to his bench.
Also, Iginla, Howe, Richard, and so many other of the greatest leaders of all time say pfft to the no fighting thing.
I don't think there is any doubt that - right now - MacKinnon is better.
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08-18-2020, 12:13 PM
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#1203
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Vancouver
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Isn’t Landeskog the captain?
Point remains, but unless that changed somewhere and i missed it, MacKinnons not the captain. He’s their leader no question though. Guy is a beast.
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08-18-2020, 12:23 PM
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#1204
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Franchise Player
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You are correct, he wears an A, not a C.
Point stands.
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08-18-2020, 12:32 PM
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#1205
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Enoch Root
You are correct, he wears an A, not a C.
Point stands.
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Yeah, Mackinnon is clearly the heart and soul of that team. He is their best player by a country mile, and he does it all EXTREMELY well. I have long said that if I were given the first choice of any player to start a new hockey team, Nathan MacKinnon would be my pick.
In the aftermath of the Oilers season I have noticed a slight shift in how pundits have started to talk about Mchobo: less so explicitly as the greatest player on earth, and more along the lines as the top one-on-one player, and I think I can agree with this. Since his entrance into the NHL he has always been and he continues to be a solo act. For five years now it has been extremely difficult to find players to play with McSniffles, which is why his line is always so overpopulated by bottom-feeding scrubs like Chiasson, Neal, Archibald and Kassian. Simply put: McLoser does not make other players better. And until he figures out how to play a team game, nothing will ever change.
Furthermore, what is most delightful in all of this is that Oilers fans and media sycophants are more than happy to give him a pass for this: poor, poor Connor, who never has any help on his line, and who must do all the work all by himself.
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08-18-2020, 12:38 PM
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#1206
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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It's a shame that MacKinnon doesn't get the same love and promoting that McDavid gets.
Did I mention that he makes HALF of what McDavid makes (and half the cap hit), at least for the next 4 years?
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08-18-2020, 12:43 PM
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#1207
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
It's a shame that MacKinnon doesn't get the same love and promoting that McDavid gets.
Did I mention that he makes HALF of what McDavid makes (and half the cap hit), at least for the next 4 years?
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Three years. Mackinnon is getting paid in 2023, when he will rightly become the highest paid hockey player on earth.
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08-18-2020, 12:45 PM
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#1208
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Textcritic
Three years. Mackinnon is getting paid in 2023, when he will rightly become the highest paid hockey player on earth.
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Maybe not
https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1854849
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08-18-2020, 12:48 PM
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#1209
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Originally Posted by Tbull8
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I will believe it when I see it. But to his point, how much is MacKinnon worth in the first place? McDavid is making over $12 m for some pretty individual performances. MacKinnon completely drives an entire team, and is the most dangerous player in the playoffs. If he gets McDavid's $12 m contract it will be a significant discount on what he is actually worth.
What is certain is that he is sure as hell making a LOT more than $6.3 m on his next deal.
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08-18-2020, 01:03 PM
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#1210
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First Line Centre
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still love how Crosby is making close to 9 million a year and how Oiler fans gush about McHobo taking a great team friendly deal at 12.5. yeah he really stepped up there.
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08-18-2020, 01:05 PM
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#1211
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Franchise Player
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Please don't give MacKinnon the captaincy, he'll turn Super Saiyan.
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08-18-2020, 01:11 PM
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#1212
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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Originally Posted by dirk diggler
still love how Crosby is making close to 9 million a year and how Oiler fans gush about McHobo taking a great team friendly deal at 12.5. yeah he really stepped up there.
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Gotta be specific because it’s too cool...
8.7. Identical to the 5 year contract prior. That’s taking a team discount.
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08-18-2020, 01:17 PM
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#1213
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dirk diggler
still love how Crosby is making close to 9 million a year and how Oiler fans gush about McHobo taking a great team friendly deal at 12.5. yeah he really stepped up there.
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Not to mention, McDavid's contract was a post-ELC second contract. Calling $12.5M a discount, for a 2nd contract (at that time) is ridiculous. It wasn't.
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08-18-2020, 01:30 PM
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#1215
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Franchise Player
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oilers fans are just weird
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08-18-2020, 01:31 PM
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#1216
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: the dark side of Sesame Street
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Originally Posted by Captain Otto
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so it's got a good engine, but can't go too deep?
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08-18-2020, 01:44 PM
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#1217
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Franchise Player
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great for trolling!
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08-18-2020, 01:45 PM
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#1218
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Lethbridge
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Originally Posted by Captain Otto
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Looks like the type of boat that goes real fast close to shore to get everyone's attention, but then when no one is looking, it struggles to get through the deeper waters and back home, probably need a couple paddles or it'll just end up floating around in the middle of the lake.
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08-18-2020, 01:46 PM
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#1219
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Conquering the world one 7-11 at a time
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Originally Posted by Captain Otto
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Name checks out:
- Faster than all the other boats but never wins anything
- Can drag an entire hockey team behind it
- Grossly overpriced but somehow everyone thinks it's a good deal
- Sinks as soon as the water gets rough
Some kool-aid swilling oiler fan should snap this thing up immediately.
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08-18-2020, 01:48 PM
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#1220
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Fort McMurray, AB
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I feel a little embarrassed but I think the name is funny.
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