Connor McDavid was a star in the OHL after he was granted exceptional status at age 15 before being made the slam-dunk No. 1 pick at the 2015 NHL draft by the Edmonton Oilers.
WATCH ABOVE: As the Edmonton Oilers get ready for their trip to the Stanley Cup playoffs, Global News' Kendra Slugoski says the city is overwhelmed with emotion.A longtime Ontario Hockey League executive, Bassin and his four-legged scouting companion had to get an up-close look.“He was telling me, ‘Let’s get out of here, we’ve seen enough,” Bassin joked in an interview this week.
McDavid went on to star in the OHL with Bassin’s Erie Otters after he was granted exceptional status at age 15 before being made the slam-dunk No. 1 pick at the 2015 NHL draft by the Edmonton Oilers. Bassin remembers monitoring study hall with the Otters’ high-school-aged players. There were always a few teenagers chatting when their noses should have been in the books.“Very mature,” Bassin said. “He’d be over in the corner getting his lessons done. Had that inner drive, no matter what he did.”Ways to watch the Edmonton Oilers in the Stanley Cup final“He didn’t do it just by hope,” Bassin added. “He wasn’t hoping to be the best.
Already a lightning-quick setup man, McDavid went on to win the Maurice Richard Trophy as the NHL’s top goal-scorer a few years later.McDavid, who never misses Bassin’s charity golf tournament, and his former GM remain close. Bassin fired off a message in the aftermath of Edmonton securing its place in the final.Bassin has found himself pacing these last few months whenever the Oilers are on TV — much like the steps he wore into the floor watching McDavid in junior.
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