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 Mike
Messages: 2004
Registered: August 2005
Location: Moncton, New Brunswick
2 Cups
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| smyth260 wrote on Mon, 02 May 2022 03:10 |
Congratulations Connor! Unbelievable year.
Some notes:
- He has already doubled Sidney Crosby.
- Oilers have won 5 Art Rosses out of the last 6 years.
- He has passed Lafleur (3 wins), and tied Mikita (4). He is behind Jagr (5), Esposito (5), Lemieux (6), Howe (6), and Gretzky (10)
And he did this:
https://youtu.be/laNRPAjKQsM
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That's awesome. We are so lucky to have won the right to select him.
Barring injury, I think he can get to 6 easily. He has to be the favorite again for next year, and probably the next few years still. Gaudreau and Huberdeau had amazing totals this year, but both of those were career years for them (16 and 23 more than their previous best). Kaprizov is an interesting one - he's only 25 and who knows how much better he will get. I looked at Mackinnon - was shocked to see he never hit 100 points. 3 straight with 90+ topping out at 99 (he has had 3 seasons with an 82 game pace over 100 points though).
I think until someone like Connor Bedard comes in to challenge him in a few years, McDavid will be the odds on favourite every year. With his biggest challenge coming from Draisaitl and Kucherov (2nd best PPG this year at 1.47 behind only McDavid's 1.54)
Not much chance in catching Wayne, but I really believe if he stays healthy he could get to 7.
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