“Sherwood is better than McDavid”: Connor McDavid ripped by fans after Kiefer Sherwood’s hat trick — calling his slow start embarrassing

We’ve seen Connor McDavid get criticized before, but it’s rare that an early-season scoring lull leads to such exaggerated comparisons. After Kiefer Sherwood’s recent hat trick against the St. Louis Blues, a small portion of X surfaced a surprising take: why does Sherwood have more goals? McDavid is sitting at three goals in his first 12 games, while Sherwood has opened the year with nine.

That stat alone was more than enough for some fans to start stirring the pot. Even though McDavid is still producing and still driving Edmonton’s offense, the conversation temporarily shifted away from context and toward pure goal count shock value.

Fans use Kiefer Sherwood’s breakout to stir debate — and some posts were intentionally provocative

Sherwood’s hat trick captured attention across Canada, with reporter Rick Dhaliwal noting, “When your hot your hot, Sherwood with the hat trick goal. Tied for the NHL lead in goals with 9.” That naturally fed into comparison fuel.

Comments ranged from playful trolling to straight-up hot takes, including: “Kiefer Sherwood is better than Connor McDavid Lets wake this up.” Another fan piled on with, “Kiefer Sherwood has more goals last night than McDavid has all season.”But buried beneath that noise is the obvious statistical truth, McDavid has 14 points, Sherwood has nine. McDavid’s assist numbers are still elite. Sherwood hasn’t recorded a single one.

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Supporters didn’t hold back either: “It’s not even a conversation, no one compares to McDavid. I’m not an Edmonton fan but no one is better than this guy…that’s the only conversation. Period.” Others pointed at shot selection and decision-making: “McDavid is more concerned about making the perfect play/goal or deferring to a lesser goal scorer … If McD doesn’t get his usual 35-60 goals, Oilers may miss the playoffs!”Edmonton fans know the pattern. McDavid almost always ramps up. The Oilers aren’t built for October storylines, they’re built for April results. Right now? The stat that will matter most isn’t nine goals… it’s the one that comes next.Also Read: “Show me some fu**ing emotion”: Former Maple Leafs enforcer rips Auston Matthews’ leadership amid Leafs’ shaky October