Connor McDavid has been in Edmonton for 10 years. What does he try to feel?
TSN: Chris Johnston when he is asked what Connor McDavid is trying to feel. He has been with the Edmonton Oilers for 10 years and is familiar with the situation.
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Jeff O’Neill: “CJ, that’s that good and Dandy and everything. You have the right to do if you are the best player in the universe, you can do what you want. But we discussed in the first segment how I found it strange how he wants to feel, and he was a few years out.
So that raises the question, what exactly is the feeling? Like, does he want to see if there is a target change? Does he want to see if something is shocked in a certain area? Like, that is, that is what, if you do this, it will leave it open for questions about, what do you feel here? You know what I mean.
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Johnston: “Yes, and they are honest questions, you know, and they are questions that I know for sure that they will be asked to him as long as this is not solved and a bit in the status quo phase, it is now. And you know, I don’t think it’s only one thing, you know.
Look, this team has been to two consecutive Stanley Cup finals, but I know that the internal feeling in Edmonton is that they have taken a step back from 2024 to 2025. That, you know, it was a lot about how great a team they were, that they were until the last two, but they lost ground in those 12 months.
You know, it may be that Conor wants to see, you know what the team has this season. How do things start? How does it feel? I mean, you know, I just think he would really worry, and this is not just with Edmonton, it’s something he thinks to play at any time. It is that he does not want to box himself somewhere where he does not feel that he has a big chance to win.
And so you know, I don’t know what it will be for him, okay, this is the best place to stay here with the oilers, you know. But you look at the other players in that team, and you know, he spoke a lot, referring to this season, I think he is right to watch the team this year and say that they have a good chance. They may not have taken a big step forward in any way that we can locate this summer, but they certainly think, I don’t think they have taken huge steps. And they have just been to that two cup final.
So, you know, I think he just really wants to be at ease with the idea that whatever the next contract is, that he gets the chance to win a Stanley Cup in that playing season. Because, you know, he played all those years you called you. He has been the top player. You know, already 8, 100 point seasons. He has been a leading Playoff -Point -Getter three of the last four years and it has not been good enough for his team to win the cup. And you know, you also heard him in some of the interviews I saw, the one he gave to Ryan Rashad last night. You know, he spoke that he feels busy, that he can be even better.
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But you know, I think that at some point, if you are him, how much more do you have to give? You know, I would not like to place that challenge for him, because it seems like he can do almost everything he thinks of. But you know, he must feel that he is surrounded by the right opportunities to win. He thinks that is the case this season. He has a contract with the oilers, but I think he has some questions from 2026, 27 that he still walks through.
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