John Tavares met Connor McDavid before the phenom had ever played a shift in junior. Chris Tanev has trained alongside the superstar each off-season for more than a decade. Both will once again try to find an answer for the milestone-reaching Oilers captain Saturday when Edmonton visits the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Martin Jones makes the save as John Tavares and Edmonton Oilers' Connor McDavid battle in front during second-period NHL action in Edmonton on Tuesday January 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason FransonChris Tanev has trained alongside the superstar each off-season for more than a decade.
The pair were both granted exceptional status to play junior a year early, but Tavares could see the pressures were different for the most-hyped prospect since Sidney Crosby. "There's a real sense of himself and how he carries himself on a daily basis," Tavares said of the top pick in 2015."How he deals with the media, deals with being in the public eye."
Matthews, however, appears set to miss a sixth straight game with an undisclosed upper-body injury that started with a day-to-day timeline.
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