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Florida Panthers vs. Edmonton Oilers NHL Stanley Cup Final: Connor McDavid’s greatness wasn’t enough.
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Florida Panthers vs. Edmonton Oilers NHL Stanley Cup Final: Connor McDavid’s greatness wasn’t enough.

Slate  

Connor McDavid would fix it. In myriad ways, McDavid is not like everyone else, and if there’s any symmetry in the world, the 27-year-old Canadian will eventually get his Cup or four. Related From Slate There’s Something Suspect About Golf’s Great New Redemption Story In Game 7, McDavid was a terror—a lurking Grim Reaper who looked poised to ruin Florida’s …

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Connor McDavid wins Conn Smythe as playoff MVP despite Oilers losing Stanley Cup Final to Panthers
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Connor McDavid wins Conn Smythe as playoff MVP despite Oilers losing Stanley Cup Final to Panthers

Associated Press  

SUNRISE, Fla. — Connor McDavid won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP on Monday night despite Edmonton’s Stanley Cup Final loss to Florida, a nod to one of the greatest postseason performances in NHL history. “You think about the year that Connor had: 100 assists, leading our team, the performance he had in this playoffs, especially in this final …

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McDavid magic has kept the Stanley Cup Final going. Game 6 is the Oilers captain’s next trick
6 months, 3 weeks ago

McDavid magic has kept the Stanley Cup Final going. Game 6 is the Oilers captain’s next trick

Associated Press  

EDMONTON, Alberta — Connor McDavid was surrounded by greatness. “He’s a reckless skilled player, which a very unique quality,” Hall of Famer Ken Hitchcock, who coached McDavid in 2018-19, told The Associated Press by phone. “Here’s what happens: You get really good players, like Connor McDavid, and they get a block of time where they don’t score and there seems …

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Connor McDavid, hockey’s best player, finally gets a chance to win a Stanley Cup championship
7 months ago

Connor McDavid, hockey’s best player, finally gets a chance to win a Stanley Cup championship

Associated Press  

Sherry Bassin sees the intense look on Connor McDavid’s face during warmups and knows the best hockey player in the world is going to have one of those games. “I said, ‘Because I’ve seen it 100 times.’” THE STAGE McDavid’s sublime skill was on display the other day against the Dallas Stars when he made an incredible individual effort to …

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Canucks facing doubters ahead of 2nd-round playoff series opener against McDavid and Oilers
8 months ago

Canucks facing doubters ahead of 2nd-round playoff series opener against McDavid and Oilers

Associated Press  

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The Vancouver Canucks have dealt with skeptics all season, and those doubters are following the team into its second-round playoff series against the Edmonton Oilers. “I love being doubted,” Vancouver head coach Rick Tocchet said Tuesday, a day before the Canucks host Connor McDavid and the Oilers in the opening game of the best-of-seven series. “We …

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NHL awards watch: Nathan MacKinnon leads an extremely tight Hart Trophy race
8 months, 3 weeks ago

NHL awards watch: Nathan MacKinnon leads an extremely tight Hart Trophy race

New York Times  

Throughout the season I’ll be breaking down the numbers behind the race for each major player award: the Hart, the Norris, the Calder, the Selke, the Vezina, the Art Ross and the Rocket Richard. His Net Rating is 14.5 goals better than Colorado’s next-best player Mikko Rantanen, second to Auston Matthews among contenders. Miller, plus-18.8 Defense partner: Filip Hronek, plus-9.6 …

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Which NHL teams have the best odds of winning the Stanley Cup by 2028?
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Which NHL teams have the best odds of winning the Stanley Cup by 2028?

New York Times  

Welcome to the second half of this week’s two-parter, in which we’re trying to figure out which NHL teams have the best and worst odds of winning a Stanley Cup in the next five years. Odds of a Cup in five years: 20 percent You could make the case that they’re the East’s best team right now, or at least …

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NHL awards watch: Nathan MacKinnon and Connor McDavid battle for Hart supremacy
1 year ago

NHL awards watch: Nathan MacKinnon and Connor McDavid battle for Hart supremacy

New York Times  

Throughout the season, I’ll be breaking down the numbers behind the race for each major player award: the Hart, the Norris, the Calder, the Selke, the Vezina, the Art Ross and the Rocket Richard. He’s looked unstoppable, playing at a scorching plus-39 Net Rating pace since — a slightly stronger rate than last year’s historic season. In all respects, Hughes …

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Could Connor McDavid and Connor Bedard forge the NHL’s next great rivalry?
1 year, 1 month ago

Could Connor McDavid and Connor Bedard forge the NHL’s next great rivalry?

New York Times  

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins already was an established NHLer, preparing for his seventh season, when some pipsqueak hopped on the ice during a summertime skate in Vancouver. “And then he was 13, and at 14 he was shooting the puck as hard as anyone on the ice already.” That kid was Connor Bedard, a talent so rare that he was able to …

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Connor McDavid has goal and 4 assists in Oilers’ 8-2 victory over Ducks
1 year, 1 month ago

Connor McDavid has goal and 4 assists in Oilers’ 8-2 victory over Ducks

Associated Press  

EDMONTON, Alberta — Connor McDavid had a goal and four assists to give him nine points in two games and help the Edmonton Oilers rout the Anaheim Ducks 8-2 on Sunday night. “It’s terrible to be on the losing side of an 8-2 game, but talking to Pat Verbeek afterwards, a lot of or guys are not used to seeing …

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Luszczyszyn: Did the Oilers fire the wrong person?
1 year, 1 month ago

Luszczyszyn: Did the Oilers fire the wrong person?

New York Times  

The Edmonton Oilers are in a place no one expected them to be a month ago: At the bottom of the standings with a new coach in place 13 games into the season. GO DEEPER Oilers' transition of power happening in real-time and the stakes couldn't be higher Under the hood, there wasn’t much that changed this season. While the …

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NHL Power Rankings: How low can the Oilers sink, plus one surprise for each team
1 year, 2 months ago

NHL Power Rankings: How low can the Oilers sink, plus one surprise for each team

New York Times  

Read The Athletic’s latest NHL power rankings. Andrei Vasilevskiy’s training-camp back surgery forced Johansson into workhorse minutes, and he has responded, putting up perfectly respectable numbers and buying the Lightning time while Vasilevskiy recovers.. Last week: 19 Sean’s ranking: 13 Dom’s ranking: 12 Nino Neiderreiter — Adam Lowry — Mason Appleton Projected: 0.0 Current: +3.8 If you took a look …

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Lowetide: Edmonton Oilers’ injuries already a major story in 2023-24
1 year, 2 months ago

Lowetide: Edmonton Oilers’ injuries already a major story in 2023-24

New York Times  

Even before Connor McDavid came out of the lineup, the Edmonton Oilers’ season was being impacted by injury. Mattias Ekholm Ekholm’s performance through the early portion of the season reflects just how much injury has impacted the Oilers. Category 2022-23 2023-24 Shot Pct 55 48 Goal Pct 76 40 X-Goal Pct 62 49 On-ice Sh Pct 15 10 On-ice Sv …

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Oilers’ Connor McDavid expected to miss 1-2 weeks with upper-body injury sustained in loss vs. Jets
1 year, 2 months ago

Oilers’ Connor McDavid expected to miss 1-2 weeks with upper-body injury sustained in loss vs. Jets

New York Times  

Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid is expected to miss one to two weeks with an upper-body injury sustained during Saturday’s 3-2 overtime loss to the Winnipeg Jets, the team announced Sunday. Coach Jay Woodcroft had no concrete update on McDavid’s health, only saying the issue “appears to be muscular.” The three-time Hart Trophy winner recorded two assists before exiting Saturday. …

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NHL Player Tiers 2023-24: Connor McDavid still the king, young players rising
1 year, 3 months ago

NHL Player Tiers 2023-24: Connor McDavid still the king, young players rising

New York Times  

By Dom Luszczyszyn, Sean Gentille and Shayna Goldman The 2023-24 NHL season kicks off Oct. 10. Tiers over time Projected stats Tier 2 — Franchise CAR C 26 2B Aleksander Barkov Why he's here Every forward in 2B had folks in his corner — “put all those guys in a hat, and whoever comes out first doesn’t really matter,” as …

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Connor McDavid wins third NHL MVP, falls one vote short of unanimous selection
1 year, 6 months ago

Connor McDavid wins third NHL MVP, falls one vote short of unanimous selection

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Connor McDavid won his third Hart Trophy as NHL MVP on Monday night, falling one vote short of unanimous selection after the highest-scoring season by a player in more than a quarter-century. “That’s what makes me excited moving forward.” The Bruins had three award winners: captain Patrice Bergeron, goaltender Linus Ullmark and coach Jim Montgomery. “You want …

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NHL top prospect Connor Bedard draws comparisons to Connor McDavid as draft approaches
1 year, 7 months ago

NHL top prospect Connor Bedard draws comparisons to Connor McDavid as draft approaches

Associated Press  

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The NHL is going to have another Connor to contend with very shortly. 1 in the 2015 draft, Connor Bedard is on the same trajectory in being pegged as this year’s top eligible draft prospect, Central Scouting director Dan Marr said Friday. “He’s right up there with Connor McDavid, it’s just the next generation,” Marr said in …

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NHL awards watch: The Norris Trophy race intensifies in the final month
1 year, 9 months ago

NHL awards watch: The Norris Trophy race intensifies in the final month

New York Times  

Throughout the season I’ll be breaking down the numbers behind the race for each major player award: the Hart, the Norris, the Calder, the Selke, the Vezina, the Art Ross and the Rocket Richard. If Makar had played a full season this race wouldn’t be close as his 4.1 wins in 60 games represent a 5.6-win pace which would be …

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Connor McDavid puts NHL on notice with goal-scoring frenzy
1 year, 9 months ago

Connor McDavid puts NHL on notice with goal-scoring frenzy

Associated Press  

Connor McDavid is must-see entertainment and not just for hockey fans. Nathan MacKinnon, who was one of the best players on Colorado’s Stanley Cup run last year, said McDavid’s season makes him want to get better. Now 26 with a trip to the Western Conference final last season his deepest run so far, he said his focus has always been …

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Kings make statement with win over Connor McDavid and Oilers
2 years ago

Kings make statement with win over Connor McDavid and Oilers

LA Times  

Kings players celebrate an open-net goal by Viktor Arvidsson as Edmonton’s Kailer Yamamoto skates past them during their 6-3 win over the Oilers on Monday at Crypto.com Arena. “We feel really good right now,” Kings defenseman Drew Doughty said after their 6-3 victory at Crypto.com Arena, their ninth win in the last 12 games. “There’s good teams that never go …

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McDavid, Burakovsky, MacDermid, burritos and ‘sting pong’: Untold tales of the Erie Otters
2 years, 7 months ago

McDavid, Burakovsky, MacDermid, burritos and ‘sting pong’: Untold tales of the Erie Otters

New York Times  

Early in Andre Burakovsky’s first season in North America, his parents traveled from Sweden to northern Pennsylvania to watch him play junior hockey for the Erie Otters. Bassin, I haven’t made the team yet.” I say, “If you don’t make this team, I’m moving to China, because I don’t know nothing about hockey.” Dane Fox, Otters teammate: That’s one thing …

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Connor McDavid is great, but Wayne Gretzky is the Greatest One
2 years, 7 months ago

Connor McDavid is great, but Wayne Gretzky is the Greatest One

LA Times  

Edmonton Oilers’ Connor McDavid, left, and Wayne Gretzky pose for a photo after the Farewell To Rexall Place ceremony following the game against the Vancouver Canucks on April 6, 2016, in Edmonton, Canada. “I think that if there’s any sort of a negative towards Connor this year it’s that I’m not sure he got the recognition that he deserved,” Gretzky …

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Lowetide: Oilers final 2020-21 report card: A regular season to remember
3 years, 7 months ago

Lowetide: Oilers final 2020-21 report card: A regular season to remember

New York Times  

As May dawned, with the NHL regular season just a couple of weeks from completion, the Edmonton Oilers were in a great spot. Oilers in May Category Number North Rank W-L-T 6-2-0 1 Even-strength goal share 48.8 5 Even-strength expected goal share 54 2 Power-play goals per hour 16.01 1 Penalty-kill goals against per hour 0 1 Even-strength save percentage …

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Top 100 NHL players: The Athletic’s Player Tiers — from Connor McDavid to Jamie Benn
4 years ago

Top 100 NHL players: The Athletic’s Player Tiers — from Connor McDavid to Jamie Benn

New York Times  

An email was sent out to 20 or so people in the NHL. “At the end of the day, he doesn’t drive 5-on-5 offense the same way the rest of the top guys do,” said one analyst. “I know he didn’t have a great year last year, but I think can get in that 2A group,” said a head coach. …

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