is having an unreal postseason, co-leading the scoring race with teammate Leon Draisaitl with 26 points in 12 games. Just for good measure, you can catch McDavid’s shootout goal here:įull shootout, which sees edmonton's mcdavid and turris as the only goal scorers. A flawed Edmonton team is 12-4-0, good for first place in the Pacific, and ranks third in the league in points percentage. But he floats through it all and doesn’t get calls. And other teams constantly commit penalties while trying to stop him.

McDavid is 6-1 and skates like a genetic mashup of Mario Lemieux and Bobby Orr who trained as both a speed and a figure skater before settling on hockey. It’s almost as if there’s a different set of rules for small players, Two of the league leaders in this category (with 8) are 5-11 or below the other is Matthew Tkachuck, who plays as if his salary is dependent upon making other players irate. He’s only drawn four, according to Natural Stat Trick. John Tortorella, an ESPN Analyst and former coach, told him to “shut up” about the lack of calls he draws, and McDavid shot back Thursday by saying “ Guess I just gotta shut about this.”īut he doesn’t. Opposing coaches spend so much time and energy ensuring McDavid doesn’t get out there against bottom lines and pairings, because this is what happens.īy the way, McDavid is also right that he doesn’t get nearly enough calls. He’s a singular talent, capable of doing this - and a dazzling array of other things that no other athlete in the sport can do - on a regular basis.

Adam Lowry is also captured on camera here but I’m not exactly sure he realizes he is supposed to be playing hockey.īut this is the impact McDavid has. Demelo is a below-replacement-level player according to Evolving Hockey, while Stanley is only slightly above. To be fair to the Winnipeg Jets, McDavid pulls this off against Dylan Demelo and Logan Stanley, who rank fifth and sixth, respectively, in ice team this year among the team’s defensemen. What he did against the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night - tying a game that the Oilers would go on to win in a shootout (McDavid would score there, too) - might have somehow been even better.Ĭonnor McDavid is a cheat code on ice 🥶 /0FjuoQuRwz You’ll recall when he embarrassed the New York Rangers earlier this year in such a way. It being skating the puck through most of the other team and depositing it past a startled and dispirited goaltender at the end.

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