McDavid is the man in the NHL but unlike Wayne Gretzky when he was the man in the NHL mid 1980s, McDavid doesn’t have same supporting cast. Leon Draisatl is sort of like what Messier was to Gretzky but there is no Jari Kurri, no Paul Anderson, no Paul Coffey and certainly no Grant Fuhr. Edmonton is simply an OK team, not a dynastic juggernaut. You will never see another team like the Oilers which won 4 Cups with Gretzky and 1 without when Messier became the main man. Messier won 2 as main man with Edmonton and with NY Rangers, although the 4 he won with Gretzky were MUCH better teams. So I feel sorry for McDavid because he just isn’t going to have the same chance at winning that Gretzky had. I actually felt Gretzky could have won another couple of Cups with better luck and if those guys all stayed together and healthy. Those teams were the best ever in the NHL. Nobody would have been them when they were at their peak.
