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| Looking for flaws in Connor McDavid? Nothing to see here. |
Is Connor McDavid of the Erie Otters too good to be true? He's too good, that's for sure.
One OHL general manager feels the 3rd year forward could get 70 points in the NHL - this season. He won't be 18 until January.
McDavid has 8 goals and 25 points in his first 9 games. If healthy, he'll get about 130 points this season and play a huge roll for Canada at the World Junior hockey tournament.
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| Otters captain Connor McDavid got 1 goal, 2 assists vs. Knights on Oct. 18 |
He is a mix between Sidney Crosby and Peter Forsberg. McDavid is two inches taller than Crosby and similar in hockey IQ. While he may not have Forsberg's nasty edge, he might score more goals.
"It's almost unfair that he's out there," says Erie Times-News writer Victor Fernandes. "He's that much better than anyone else. I don't think there's anybody out there who can stop him or at least slow him down. This year, he is so much stronger and so if you can catch up to him, which doesn't happen often, you are not going to knock him off the puck."
If there is a discouraging word about McDavid you can probably ignore it. John Tavares and Aaron Ekblad were the last early OHL entrants who had their games picked over for three years. No such thing will happen with McDavid. He has everything to be a franchise player including leadership and good character. Jack Eichel of Boston University might win over the NHL scouts because, by all accounts, he too is a wonderful player. But if that happens it won't be because of anything McDavid can't do. Anyone looking for flaws is wasting their time. You just won't find any.
