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Originally Posted by Cobra Mgr
Yeah. But one meaningless goal? I agree you can't blame him for the Oilers not winning. But if you are the best in the league, you shouldn't be shutout by an opponent. Not saying he isn't good. But best in the NHL?...............
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Well, if you want to measure his greatness based on goals only in the final, that's your choice. I choose to look at the big picture when measuring a player. McDavid and Draisaitl led all scorers in the playoffs with 33 points.
Florida figured out how to shut those 2 down and did a real good job of it. I give credit to the Panthers for being able to do that. It's not easy.
Look back at the 93 final, against Montreal Gretzky had 2 goals in the 5 games. Do we say he wasn't the best player in the game because of that?
Opinions will vary, there's no doubt about that. Look at social media this morning, the amount of blame being put on McDavid is endless. Most of it comes from social media trolls who have nothing better to do than judge and criticize, but there's no shortage of it.
I've followed hockey religiously since the early 60's. To this day I still refuse to judge a player based on his performance in 1 or 2 play off series.
Big picture for me.