As for the game - one thing I happened to notice is how fixated McDavid is on the puck.
For instance, he gets back to play defence, and for whatever reason, I focused on what he was doing in the defensive zone. I didn't do it all game, but for two or three shifts in the game, I didn't see him look behind him even once. Just moving and looking at the puck carrier only. Every other center, defencemen, goalie and forward (that I noticed) were always looking around to see where everyone else was on the ice. You take quick looks to see if someone is sneaking behind you, etc. Not McDavid.
This is something I never really looked at before with anyone. It just became weird to me that he never looked behind or around even once. Just absolutely weird to me. This will be something I actively look for now with him and other players. I have never noticed anyone else NOT taking peaks around them for such long periods of time in the defensive zone before. Anyone else notice that?
Sounds like I am blaming him for something - I am not. He was not the reason Canada lost, and in fact, I felt dirty cheering for the goal he scored, but I cheered it. I don't really think he did enough against Sweden, but that was a nice goal he scored for Canada yesterday. It sounds like I am just trying to blame him for something, or just because he is an Oiler that I am trying to have a dig at him. I honestly can't remember watching a player in the defensive zone ONLY be interested in the puck and not at what the players behind him were doing, even though there was someone else every time defending the puck carrier (it is normal to be hyper-focused on the puck carrier when it is you specifically defending against him). Anyway, just a small observation. No goals were scored and not even any real chance was created for Team USA during my observations - I was just dumbfounded by how little he looked behind him while he is defending.
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