Oilers Captain Connor McDavid’s post-game interview with Mean Gene Principe was short and sweet and possibly very much to the point… If you haven’t caught what he said after the game, I’ve prepared the clip for you below. The audio is a little quiet so you might have to turn up your volume. I did my best to jack it up but it’s still not to my satisfaction. I hope you can hear it thought.
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Principe – Did the three of you work together better and faster than you’d thought things might work?
McDavid – I dunno, we played together for a long time- er, 5 or 6 games now. But you know our team is switching it up so much that that is little bit of a long time for our group. It’s definitely nice to be able to play with a couple of guys for an extended period of time and we’re finding each other.
Did McDavid just throw his coach under the bus?
Not good for Todd McLellan if that is the case. If his star player and the NHL’s star player is unhappy with the way he’s running the team, I wouldn’t count on him being with the coach next season.
‘Tis a tad out of character for McDavid to do something like this though, isn’t it? He’s pretty mild mannered and well behaved in front of the camera but then again, maybe he’s growing tired and he’s picked his spot or maybe he’s a bit high on his horse here?
He’s had to deal with what, 9 different wingers this year? So can you blame him for getting annoyed? How long has it taken McLellan to put Nuge on his wing? I’ve been calling for it ever since the World Cup when we say Nuge on MacKinnon’s wing (I think it was MacKinnon’s…) and so many others have been calling for it since game 5 of Milan Lucic’s scoring drought or even earlier.
Ryan Rishaug and so many other’s have been saying that Leon and Connor have to learn to play away from each other and Peter Chiarelli even spoke to the fact that having $27M down the middle was probably not the way to go but having it in the top-6 would be better.
If the NHL is truly moving in the direction of skill and speed, there’s no need for Peter Chiarelli to even consider acquiring Mike Hoffman to play with Connor McDavid next season. You keep RNH with Connor and you ride that mule ragged. Who cares who plays on the RW! Rattie can have it for all I care.
The new concern will be for Draisaitl’s wings because Lucic/Strome/Puljujarvi are looking very promising. Keep the 3rd line intact I say. A whole year together barring injury would go a long way for a young player like Puljujarvi.
I don’t know if anything will come of this but it’s not a good look for McLellan and I don’t think it helps his future with the Edmonton Oilers. Or was Connor McDavid in the wrong here? Should he have kept his comments to himself?
What do you think? Let us know in the comments below.
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