Your Call: Who will deliver more Cups? Matthews or McDavid?

Tonight’s superstar battle could be one to look back on years from now…

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Published 6 years ago
Your Call: Who will deliver more Cups? Matthews or McDavid?
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No hockey fan in the world can deny the singular greatness of Auston Matthews or Connor McDavid. Independently the Toronto Maple Leafs forward and the Edmonton Oilers forward represent the current and future of their franchise’s hopes and dreams. Together they represent the next generation of NHL superstardom. Taking over the mantle for Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby and Washington Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin, Matthews and McDavid will be the two biggest draws for the NHL in the next decade.

And, just like Crosby and Ovechkin before them, one player is bound to have more success than the other. In the case of the latter, Crosby’s team accomplishments combined with his personal accomplishments outshine Ovechkin’s almost two-to-one. So, who will come out in the Matthews vs McDavid scenario? Both teams appear to be trending upward, well… at least the Oilers were before the puck dropped, now no one is quite sure. Support players like William Nylander and Mitch Marner in Toronto and Leon Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins in Edmonton could be the key for success. After all, would Crosby be where he is had it not been for the contributions of Evgeni Malkin and Marc-Andre Fleury?

So, while none of us has a crystal ball it’s still fun to speculate and hazard a guess. Who will ultimately deliver more Cups for their franchise? Matthews or McDavid?

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