Quoting: LoganOllivier
Draisaitl is as good as McDavid nonsense has to stop.
Again, nobody is saying this. Stop beating the straw man.
Quoting: LoganOllivier
Draisaitl has never had near as much success without McDavid on his line.
And McDavid doesn't have near as much success without Draisaitl on his line, as I proved above.
Quoting: LoganOllivier
Until he proves he's a top player alone
This is just silly. Name all of the league's top players who produce great results playing with a bunch of 3rd liners. No coach in the league asks a great player to play "alone" - good players ALWAYS play with other good players.
Quoting: LoganOllivier
All the top players have one thing in common and that is they make everyone they play with look way better than they actually are. Draisaitl hasn't proven he can do that since the oilers can't separate them because 1) it does effect both, but more so 2) Draisaitl away from McDavid has resulted in him not producing hardly at all and it cuts down McDavid's production too much. Together they score 2-3 points a game. Apart, McDavid still scores a point a game at least and Draisaitl just doesn't produce.
The facts tell a different story. McDavid's individual scoring rate at 5v5 is just 12% higher than Draisaitl's when both are apart (past 108 games, 5v5). That's not the difference between a 'point-a-game' and 'not producing.'
Quoting: LoganOllivier
I just don't want to hear anymore about Draisailt being as good as McDavid. He isn't, not even close.
Once again, nobody is saying that. I'm saying it's closer than you think it is. You're underestimating Draisaitl's impact on the Oilers roster, plain and simple.