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Morning Line- Mark Spector On Connor McDavid
by Paul on 11/19/17 at 06:34 AM ET
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...the numbers don’t lie: minus-2 against St. Louis Thursday, and minus-2 again Saturday, despite a goal and two assists. Your best player simply has to be better than that, and McDavid’s line — with Pat Maroon and Drake Caggiula — was on the ice for three even strength goals by Dallas, with McDavid also on for a fourth.
Somehow, too many turnovers have mixed into McDavid’s game, resulting in odd-man rushes the other way after high-risk zone entry attempts go bad. In his own zone, the puck is getting behind his goalie too often, even if the reasons are ever-changing.
Part of being a superstar is playing as well without the puck, and being smarter with it than McDavid has been this season. Your best player has to be just that — at both ends of the rink — to have success.
-Mark Spector of Sportsnet on Connor McDavid. Read more on the Oilers and their 6-3 loss to the Dallas Stars.
Game highlights are below...
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Gotta lock these young guys into big contracts while they’re still young though.
CMD is good. But it’s going to be a couple years until we know HOW good he is.
Posted by TreKronor on 11/19/17 at 08:51 AM ET