After another miserable season, Oilers fans were forced to watch Connor McDavid helped off the ice in pain. (SportsnetSpec )
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“He’s our go-to guy, he’s our leader,” said Leon Draisaitl, whose 50th goal was overshadowed, as was the Oilers 3-1 victory. “When you see him get hurt like that it stinks, it sucks. You never want to see that happen to any player, especially him. It takes you a second to realize what’s happening.” Think about it: as the fastest hockey player in the NHL, nobody beats more defencemen wide than McDavid. Which means, no one gets tripped, hooked, and otherwise impeded at break-neck speed as often as he does over the course of a season. And of course, the physics say that when McDavid slides into a goal post, he hits it harder than anyone else, because he’s going faster.
“Initially when it happened,” Sam Gagner said, “he thought — and we all thought — of what happened to Stamkos. It makes you sick to your stomach to see your teammate go down like that. We’re just happy it’s not more serious.”
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