Breaking down how Connor McDavid keeps improving his game

Mike Rupp and Mike Kelly look at Connor McDavid's explosive offensive production this past year and the analytics behind his big jump in goals off the rush.
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[@bryanreid8801]

McDavid will have 100+ point seasons well into his 30s

[@drewburns246]

He will easily have 85,000 points plus by the time his career is done.

[@iApoc]

@@drewburns246more like 6k ish

[@jaydengroom7798]

Easily

[@gagethedarkrailfan7417]

Lol Bryanreid8801 NO! McDaivd will have over 150 points seasons until he retires at 37-40 years old!!! LETS GO OILERS AND LETS GO McDavid! Can I order another BIG MC60 please?!!!!!!!!!!

[@lebumjames1373]

@@gagethedarkrailfan7417no he won’t lmao. this isn’t the 80s and a 150p pace won’t last anywhere near past about 34-35

[@zigfield723]

1000 points in your age 26 season is insane to fathom, but it's happening. And I wouldn't be surprised to see 164+ point season in one of the next few.

[@NHLMasterLikeAndSUBSCRIBE]

Dude legit could crack 2k points

[@peterolbrisch8970]

He's going to be 27 in January, and he's not going to score the 150 points he needs to reach 1000 before that. So, yes, it would be insane, but it's not going to happen. So he has four to five years of maximum productivity left. There's no guarantee he will hit 150 points in a season again, or get injured. Once he's in his mid thirties his numbers will decline at a Crosby like rate. It's going to be difficult for him to even finish his career as a top ten score lifetime.

[@tromedl]

I'm guessing he is gonna have a flop year😂

[@peterolbrisch8970]

@@tromedl A thousand points in one year would be disappointing.

[@tromedl]

@@peterolbrisch8970 yes, has to be at least 1500

[@Ace96x10]

You missed how he varied his speed, rather then just go 40mph all the time. That is a huge factor is his increasing totals.

[@CanadianBongRipper]

his shot is so underrated

[@mithex8414]

he worked on it a shit ton last year and it worked lmao

[@jaydengroom7798]

For real dude it’s so quick

[@jaydengroom7798]

Placement is the best

[@drrobertyeoman9535]

He was exponentially better last season than his previous self. Well done Conner!

[@jamiefalkins5805]

He's changed his release point all the time now. He has goalies constantly second guessing if it's going to be a pass another deke or release a bullet!

[@TheGolfJourneyJoshCanada]

Switched stick curves as well, went from a squared off p29 style to a p90tm

[@Gergentine]

The past couple years of summer hockey spent with Matthews and Thompson has made pretty big improvements in his shooting and it shows

[@vlisto3712]

His ability to keep incorporating other players skills into his game is one of his most important attributes. If he incorporates Bedard's shot while he's still in his physical prime, the league is finished.

[@lbguitar]

You saw a lot less of him simply run and gun opportunities like he was doing in '16, '17. You saw the rest of his game start to catch up with his foot speed and that naturally made him less reliant on his outright speed. Which is scary because perhaps even if he isn't as fast outright as he was in 2017, hes still the fastest player in the league with puck possession. He's transitioning beautifully into his peak with a well-rounded game.

[@justinrill2483]

lots of sneaky/weaker/slower low wrist shots that just take the keeper by surprise. reminds me of soccer where, all things being equal, good low shots are harder to stop than good high shots.

[@jonahmcleod497]

why is this guy talking about ovi? lol

[@gagethedarkrailfan7417]

"Hi welcome to McDonald's can i take your order?" "Ah yes i like a super large asset of Fries, a Hockey drink and + a BIG MC60 please and make it in to a combo!" "Ok ill do that, your total will be MC60 goals and MC120 assets please." "Ok and LETS GO MC60!!!!" LETS GO OILERS!!!!

[@KrisVic91]

Lose the background music.

[@oracle013]

Off topic, but for the love of God, please stop wearing gym shoes with suits.

[@justinrill2483]

eh it's fine

[@peterolbrisch8970]

In twenty years, people will be saying he isn't that good because the goalies sucked.

[@bxx7666]

"Breaking down how the best player in the history of the game keeps improving".... Let's get the worst player in the history of the game to do this

[@bradtelenko15]

Heey

[@LeeAdrian777]

Wardrobe ran out of black shoes lol

[@nicholasrobinson5725]

Miro Heiskanen in Dallas can match up with Connor McDavid

[@everettwells3812]

Lmao 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@NHLMasterLikeAndSUBSCRIBE]

​@@everettwells3812watch edm vs dal this year miro does a great job although its still mcdavid

[@CanadianBongRipper]

I thought I was smoking some good shit, give me what youre smoking!

[@robrick9361]

1000 points before a single cup......🤣🤣🤣

[@insertlastname]

You guys are worse than espn with lebron.

[@cam2159]

Connor Mcdavid will start to fall off at 30

[@waryaking]

U think speed is the only thing he got? He has high hockey IQ

[@cam2159]

@@waryaking speed is his game yes he has an IQ so does everyone else

[@matthewshairline4651]

You will be even more dumb tomorrow

[@MrSaul04]

@@cam2159not sure about your IQ after reading your post

[@chrisboyer5948]

@@cam2159 you started to fall off as soon as you were born

[@kham6257]

Goalies always gotta stay ready for the pass too leaving that 5 hole wide open