Gretzky, affectionately known as ‘The Great One’, was instrumental in four Stanley Cup wins enjoyed by the Oilers in the 1980s. McDavid’s combination of peerless abilities are so rare he is already being mentioned in the same breath with once-in-a-generation NHL stars who are in the Hall of Fame, or at least heading in that direction. “He is a thoroughbred,’’ said the Hall of Fame defenceman, who at 18 signed the richest NHL contract ever in 1966 with the Boston Bruins and led them to a pair of Stanley Cup championships.Ĭonnor McDavid has already been compared with ice hockey great Wayne Gretzky
Bobby Orr, whose Orr Group agency has represented McDavid since he was 15, is even more emphatic. Kris Knoblauch, McDavid’s former OHL coach in Erie, described him as the “ultimate team player". And whoever plays with him, is going to score a lot of goals.’’ As long as he keeps playing the same, he is not going to be anything but a big success. “He has vision and speed, a combination many guys don’t have. “He does everything the right way,’’ said Scotty Bowman, 81, the NHL’s most successful coach and an advisor to the Chicago Black Hawks.
He missed five weeks of the regular season when he broke his right hand in an on-ice fight in November but by January, he was back on the ice and helping Canada win the gold medal at the world junior hockey championships. He was named CHL Player of the Year, Top Draft Prospect of the Year and Scholastic Player of the Year. McDavid scored an unprecedented hat trick this year. Canadian ice hockey prospect Connor McDavidīy 2015, he led the Otters to the championship series, where they were eliminated despite McDavid winning the Wayne Gretzky 99 Award as the play-offs’ top scorer with 21 goals, 28 assists and 49 points in 20 games.īut for a need to build strength – something which will come in time as he matures – the centreman is considered to have few other flaws.
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