dekedangle_rpfanon | #26 — Vanek! with a Jurco

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On top of being irritated about the all-Canadians thing as an Oilers nonnie I'm feeling very pearls clutch-y about this plus the fact that apparently it's now a foregone conclusion that he'll also be the Oilers captain.

It's so much pressure on someone who had a pretty terrible injury last year and only played half a season. Like I know he's mentally strong and whatever but like. Can we give the kid a break?? Does he need to save the world right this second??

i know right, like part me wants to be like maybe Hall's personality overpowered McDavid's (or whatever that was implying) because it was McDavid's first season and he was new to the team and then was injured, like maybe give him a little adjustment period, let him have a year or two to see how an NHL locker room works before making him lead one?

Oh, but nonnie, McDavid has been preparing for this since he was 10 years old!!! Every single day he stood in front of a mirror and practiced answering questions without actually saying anything, that's how we know he's Ready for Anything and a True Leader. He is immune to any pressure, because his whole life everybody told him that one day he'd be the 19 year old captain of a team that hasn't made the playoffs in 10 years!!!

(or at least that's what Oilers fans on Reddit are telling me)

debated if I'll feel bad when they miss the playoffs again

can't say I will

Lol, I'm a Bruins nonnie and I honestly hate Chiarelli so much (thanks for the cup, now fuck off) that I'd be cool with them getting stuck in "doing better but not actually winning anything" purgatory forever.

I mean, some of his managerial decisions are really heading that way. And Cam Talbot is not going to be Tim Thomas.

Lucic signing aside, they still have some work to do before they can attract free agents or trade for players with limited NTCs. I remember seeing they basically had to give up trying for Shattenkirk because they knew he wouldn't re-sign there. They're going to get better, but I think it will be a while before Chia can make them a reliably good team.

If Oilers make playoffs and Devils don't, I fear for Taylor Hall.

ayrt

I'm not the one to talk to about Taylor Hall. Because goodbye and good riddance, good luck on your hockey journey Taylor Hall, don't let the door hit you where the good lord split you.

But maybe RNH or Ebs could be the responsible one for a couple of years?? That'd be ok with me. And I know probably you don't want to strip someone of the C but. He's going to be the youngest captain ever. And I just don't know why we have to stack that on along with all his other expectations.

Original nonnie.

I like you Todd. But I don't know wtf this means.

"Todd McLellan said the players told us physically — not verbally — that Connor McDavid should be the captain."

HAHAHAHAHAHA

#dicksoutformcdavid

They follow his lead on the ice. Uh huh. Why don't they just admit they're trying to sell the kid. I know he'll be the face of the NHL just tired of it getting shove in my face.

I guess he forgot "he is their natural leader, he leads them already, he loves to lead" thing the Oilers have been pushing. Weird answer but pretty honest.

They measured the size of the whole team's intangibles.

#ThatsHot

They didn't have to say anything, he could divine it from their ~body language~.

A player vote would have been one thing but all this projecting is making me uncomfortable, Todd.

SA

And now I reaaaaally want to know what the Americans on the team think

Meeeee tooooo. I might be reading too much into it but it seems from Team NA's social media that the two groups aren't really mixing much? I would die though if they asked one of the Americans what they thought of McCaptain and they just went "you know, Brandon Saad is a great guy".

A couple of them seemed to be (Schiefele, Mackinnon) in some of what Seth Jones posted, but yeah. I would imagine the all-Canadian leadership is frustrating, I would find it frustrating as an American, but I'm sure they'll toe the party line.

But seriously. Hoping for someone to be like "well, Saad's got two Cup rings..." or, "you know, Trouba was a great captain back in juniors" or whatever even if it would never

One thing I DEFINITELY noticed is that McDavid doesn't appear to be branching out- in all the pictures I saw he's with Ekblad/Reilly/some other Canadian from the GTA. Obv social media isn't the whole story on this, but it is interesting to notice that they don't even seem to be pretending, like "look at McDavid and Eichel hanging out!! our team is so united!!". They don't even care enough to fake it, lol.

I wonder if skills is enough keep them going. This is a team game and not working together may be there undoing.

IDK, there were flashes of chemistry between some linemates. Gaudreau and Saad seemed a good match and MacKinnon and Nugent-Hopkins read each other well. The whole third line seemed cohesive enough.

Drouin seemed like he was on his own planet though. The D pairings were unremarkable except that Trouba was a disaster.

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But nonny, they indicated that McDavid is their leader. With their bodies!!!

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Unless he means that the players literally pointed at McDavid when asked who they thought should be captain, that's bullshit.

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