McLennan: ‘McDavid is arguably the greatest player who’s ever played’ 

Nobody has hit 100 assist season since Wayne in 90-91 … That’s 33 years!!… 👀👀

McDavid is skill wise the best player ever imho.

With all due respect to Gretzky and his accomplishments, the era mcdavid is putting up these numbers and the total offense he generates makes him the best player of all time. Gretzky will always be considered the great one, and rightfully so. When you compare the skills and goaltending of the Gretzky era to modern day NHL, it’s not even close. Mcdavid deserves to wear the crown. Stanley cup or not.

Best of his era (this era) I would say yes however all time I think it is too soon. His career isn't even half done, I think when it is all set and done it will be a good conversation but not right now. Gretzky was just completely and utterly dominant in his era, no one else really came close in the 80s. Here in the 20s he is the best but the separation between him and others is not as big as it was for Gretz.

Well, lets have a peak here. Mario Lemieux returns at 35 yrs old and after missing 3.5 yrs of hockey in a low scoring era and scores 35 gls in 43 games with 1.77 p/pg avg. Currently, McDavid has 26 gls in 68 games with 1.75 p/pg avg and McLennan is ready to goat him. Seriously.

Y'all are just going to sleep on the legendary John Scott? Okay....

McDavid is the most skilled player in the salary cap era, this should never be up for debate. But I think taking the GOAT title from 99, 66, 9 and 4 is still based on recency bias. There are too many what-ifs that come into play when comparing him to other NHL greats. I'm an Oilers fan btw, I'm not hating.

In Top3 with Gretzky and Lemieux.

He is the most gifted human to ever play the sport of hockey and Crosby is the perfect hockey player. Wayne Gretzky is the greatest. Gordie is the best player the greatest had ever seen. This sport has many GOATs

Oil fan. Love McD. So happy to watch another generational player in my "old age". MacKinnon and Kucherov (and somewhat Drai) have been dancing around each other for the past decade. Crosby/Ovie the decade before that. Great hockey, but there is no domination like Gretzky had over the rest of the league until Mario showed up. Orr? His primary comparables are against other defencemen of which Coffey and Bourque came close. I think one way to recognize them together is how they each revolutionized the game. Gretzky was all about vision and awareness. Rules were created/changed to slow down Gretzky and the Oilers...most were undone later. Even the recent BS with the Oilers owing all those 3rd round picks for fired coaches/GMs and prorated stats on trade considerations still make me go hmmmm. Orr rushed with the forwards. Mario was the ultimate power forward. McD is all about his speed and stickhandling.

No not yet. But could be . 4 or 5 Stanley cups might glitch it. But he has a way to go yet.

Hes like a Bure/Jagr but more Jagr cause I think Bure was a better goal scorer and with no red line oh man Bure...? And i can honestly say Mario Lemieux and Wayne Gretzky were better than McDavid

Not even close He is possibly the BEST of his era, but not all time… He definitely a generational player and an incredible talent, no denying that. The top 3 of his era in my opinion right now are Mackinnon, Mathew’s an Mcdavid. Mackinnon has a ring over the other 2 but that can change long before their careers end. Mathew’s is the better pure goal scorer of the 3, but for me it comes down too who ends up with more hardware in the end.

A 32 team league - thus additional weaker teams than in Waynes era helps CMc excel - but not to deny his amazing skill.

100% agree!! Mcdavid #1!!!!!

That the Oilers get to have two GOATs.

Here we go with recency bias. Lemieux, Orr, Howe? Stats aren't everything.

While Gretzky was more dominant in his era (by FAR the most skilled player, until Lemieux showed up), McDavid is more skilled overall. Coaching (and systems) are far more evolved, the talent level overall is higher, and McJesus is STILL able to skate through entire teams to feed Hyman or RNH a goalmouth tap in...

I never thought I would live to see Gretz be so quickly tossed aside. McD has ONE 100 assist season and you're ready to put him ahead of 99, 66 and 4? Absolute clown talk. This coming from an Oilers fan who loves McDavid.

Waynes best season 212 74 games 235 82 games

Mcdavid is arguably the greatest ATHLETE of all time.

Lets see connor use a 11 dollar stick from canadian tire

Crosby handed it to Mcdavid, this is his Era, this is his Year. No ones close to him.

i wish pavel bure played in todays nhl era with his speed

The best player in the league has 25 goals ? His drop off in goal scoring is crazy

He needs at least 1 cup and 1 Conn Smyth before he is even considered for the Mount Rushmore of hockey, let alone greatest ever.

Yup

Not yet

Gretzky will always be The Great One. However.. If you had a time machine and brought Gretzky from the past up to todays game with McDavid, or Vise versa, McDavid comes out on top either way. Gretzky would vouch for that. It's just not an apples to apples comparison. The other example is Jack Nicklaus and Tiger. Everyone says Jack has 18 majors so he's the GOAT. Not a chance. You run the same time machine and Tiger comes out on top. Not apples to apples.

Everyone elevates every other player waynes the only one who people make eccuses for his dominance thats how you know hes the goat how do you fucking era adj avg 200 points over 6 straight seasons connors had one season at 150 hes 3rd in scoring and now hes the goat gretz all time leading scorer in his 10th year how many seasons did howe jagr and messier take to get there how 26 seasins jagr and messier mid 40s gretz was 28 pldying with a 11 dollar stick you could buy at canadian tire

If McDavid was the best, he would be dominating his peers. He isn’t. He’s not even going to win the Art Ross or the Hart trophy this year. Mario and Wayne DOMINATED!

I'll take Orr, Lidstrom, Howe, and Beliveau over McDavid. Maybe revisit this in 10 years and see if there's any cups ?

Almost every clip a player was offsides bahaha

He’s the best, anyone that says different is either too ignorant to admit or too old. The new generation of hockey is WAY more skilled

Where's the Stanley Cup? Until that happens, he's Marcel Dionne

Too early to put McDavid that high but so far he is among Gretzky and Lemieux category.

Calm down people. Until you get some cups Gretzky is the best ever hands down. People have short memories.

Gretzky is the most dominant athlete in pro sports history. So tired of people trying to come up with hot takes why he's not the greatest.

Don’t bother asking until he (McDavid) has at least one Stanley Cup.😀

The cricket sounds when you ask how many cups he has won is glorious. Glorious. However, If it were McDavid that brought a cup back to Canada, well that would be something, hey? (the sound of crickets tryinta fuq)

That was going beautifully until he had to mention fu!@$ Leafs!

NOPE!! Gretzky Nuff said😅

And 100 assists? I have been to Oiler games where he wasnt even on the ice but he got credit for an assist

*lol, the West is a blood bath this season... We already know which 8 teams are going into the playoffs. Is there **_really_** a favourable matchup? Nashville has the best record in the league since February. Don't sell them short just because they're in the 1st wild card spot. And the 2nd wild card spot is Vegas... You know they're going to be stronger in the playoffs when they can activate some reinforcement. So which team exactly is "weak" in the West?*

mcdavid is the best athlete in the world

It's not arguable, he is

Mcdavid is the goat.

Your talking to the wrong guy mcdavids not fit to tie wayes skates

I take Mario Lemieux over anyone anytime.

Bobby Orr could have played forward. Not Gretzky not McDavid not Crosby not Ovechkin not Lafleur not Lemieux - none of them could have played defense and been as effective as Orr would have been as a forward. Orr could have played GOALIE. The "greatest" who ever played ... by what standard? For me the standard is the guy who could excel at any position....and could hit and stand up for himself as well and not need to have a goon ride shotgun for protection....

nothing makes millennials and genz angrier than not being the best at something...so, everything in the past was terrible, anything they do is the best. If the past greats had the same rule changes that the NHL has made recently, they would have dominated even more. Starting in 2005-2006 Season: The NHL adopted a comprehensive package of rule changes that included the following: Goal line moved to 11 feet from end boards; blue lines moved to 75 feet from end boards, reducing neutral zone from 54 feet to 50 feet. Center red line eliminated for two-line passes. "Tag-up" off-side rule reinstituted. Goaltender not permitted to play the puck outside a designated trapezoid-shaped area behind the net. A team that ices the puck is not permitted to make any player substitutions prior to the ensuing faceoff. A player who instigates a fight in the final five minutes of regulation time or at any time of overtime to receive a minor, a major, a misconduct and an automatic one-game suspension. The size of goaltender equipment reduced. If a game remains tied after five minutes of overtime, winner determined by shootout.

Nope 3rd

Orr doesn't belong on the Rushmore.

I disagree. McDavid has lost scoring titles to Kucherov, Draisaitl, and is possibly going to lose the scoring title this year to either Kucherov or MacKinnon. These are all great players. But neither Gretzky or Lemieux would lose scoring titles to these types of players. Players like Kurri, Stastny, Yzerman, Bossy, etc. never beat Gretzky or Lemieux in a scoring race when Gretzky and Lemieux were healthy. And these players were approximately comparable to Kucherov, Draisaitl, and MacKinnon. If McDavid was as good as Gretzky and Lemieux, then he would be consistently beating all of his peers in scoring year after year, and by large amounts every year. Kucherov, Draisaitl, and MacKinnon wouldn't be able to outscore McDavid, even for 1 single season, if McDavid was at the level of Gretzky and Lemieux. Prime Gretzky never lost a scoring race to anyone. Prime Lemieux never lost a scoring race unless he was injured for half the year. McDavid is on the verge of losing his 3rd scoring race in his prime.

slow down now, how many cups does he have ??? 😅

1. Gretzky 2. McDavid 3. Lemieux 4. Orr 5. Crosby 6. Lidstrom 7. Jagr 8. Yzerman 9. Bossy 10. Coffey

Mcdavid is the fastest most skilled player hockey has ever seen. If that constitutes best player then id agree with him.

Mark Messier has had the best career in NHL history. I'd put Gretz and Crosby in there as the top 3. Career.

If he was an all-time great, he'd have at least 2 Cups by now! Hell, he's not even as good as MacKinnon-a power forward as opposed to a pussy forward (McDavid).

He is a special player , certainly 'not' best ever .. Please tell me that they really don't pay you McLennan for that BS you are pushing in this video .. Seriously !!!🤨

He’s not even the best player playing today, let alone all time.

The greatest player who'll never win a cup.

You're wrong hes great yes but the best not in your life gretsky is the best

What is that man smoking...? I mean yeah we all get that McDavid is a great player, but until he holds 61 nhl records that are very significant(yes a couple have been broken), he will never be in the same league as Gretzky.

CLICK BATE!, HES GOOD BUT GIVE ME A BREAK!!!!!!😏😏😏😏

Nope. If you think he is better than 99 or 66 or 4, you have brain damage. Mcdavid is a product of rule changes and media hype. Gretzky, Mario and Orr dominated the league, Mcdavid barely is better than his teammate (which he lost a scoring title to).

Lemieux Gretzky Orr Crosby Howe Mcdavid

in terms of raw talent he is right but until he wins a cup hes not the greatest and never will be

Matthews >

Hey kids Nobody who saw Mario Lemieux and Connor McDavid play thinks McDavid is better

I'm as big a Mcdavid fan as anyone, but you can't do this to Gretzky

This is just rediculous to compare there is and there is never ever gonna be a player like LEMIEUX ever again in ishockey it docent matter what name the other players have LEMIEUX id the greatest ishockey player that ever have been playing ishockey he is simply the best ever in the history end of the story whitout al of his injuries he would have al the record that you can get in ISHOCKEY LEMIEUX =GREATEST ISHOCKEY PLAYER IN THE HISTORY NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT END OF THE STORY KING OF KINGS GOD OF GODS ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Shane Wright > Mcdavid

Oh horseshit....hockey started a lot longer ago than when you started watching it....McDavid isn't even top 100

Why is it "arguably"? He is. There's a difference between GOAT and "greatest who's played". Gretzky is still the GOAT because of how he was so much better than the next guy. However, he would not survive in today's era. McDavid is the greatest to ever play and would still dominate that era. Gretzky in this era would not survive. McDavid in the former era would dominate.

Not top 10.

A bit over rated

AND HE DIDNT DO WELL FOR THE FIRST 15 GAMES THIS YEAR!!!

Well, lets have a peak here. Mario Lemieux returns at 35 yrs old and after missing 3.5 yrs of hockey in a low scoring era and scores 35 gls in 43 games with 1.77 p/pg avg. Currently, McDavid has 26 gls in 68 games with 1.75 p/pg avg and McLennan is ready to goat him. Seriously.