To clarify, I don't think McDavid is a bad player. His goalscoring record speaks for itself; he's obviously in the conversation of best players in the world right now. He's just not a leader—and that's okay. But the team needs to acknowledge that and find someone who is.

But how could they know x, and still vote that way? Exactly the same way you did!

Like, I'm sorry, but a certain level of self-reflection has to accompany the pearl clutching.