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Originally Posted by Firebot
He's also the Captain, and also knows that he is the best chance for the Oilers to win. If McLellan wants to play him 26 minutes, he will accept it, because he knows as soon as he is off the ice, the Oilers turn into an ECHL team. Management blew the ELC years and now are in cap hell with nowhere to go but further down.
By and large he's been taking it like a champ. He's no dummy. We may look back at him a few years down the line after he demands a trade and he becomes similar to Hall in becoming even greater outside the Oilers stench and the dark years will be forever be stories of lore.
Remember, he didn't pick this.
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Lol, that image has stuck with me from day 1. Was a perfect prologue to the story we all knew was coming.
He sat there motionless, pondering his next move.
'Could I do it? Could I be the next Great One?' 'No...' he pondered 'there isn't anything good coming from that stench'. And with that, Connor slumped in his chair accepting the cruel fate that awaits top-players entering the NHL.
Chapter 1: Hey Connor, it's Mess.
He certainly has been taking this like a champ though, yes. Hell, even signing the contract he did was pretty telling of the character this guy has. With everything going on, and everything inevitably to come I don't think anyone would have criticized McDavid too much (outside of homer media) for making a career decision that allowed him an option to get out.