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The Stanley Cup Playoffs provide incredible upsets and incredible moments. But without the game’s best player on the planet not being involved in them makes it a little less special. This is nothing new. We’ve seen Connor McDavid and the Oilers underachieve time and time again in the postseason and most recently in front of the eyes of Chicago Blackhawks fans when they lost in the Stanley Cup qualifying round in the 2020 bubble Playoffs. After a season where McDavid reached 105 points in a shortened season and his partner in crime Leon Draisaitl finished second in scoring, one would have thought the Oilers could have handled an inconsistent Winnipeg Jets team. Not the case.