How Long Will Connor McDavid Stay in Edmonton?
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🗓️ 4 February 2020
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Connor McDavid has been shredding defenses since he entered the league five seasons ago. But there are signs that the NHL's most talented player has grown frustrated with his team’s lack of success. The Athletic's Jonathan Willis joins us to talk about McDavid's incredible skills, his secretive recovery from a devastating injury, and whether or not the clock is ticking on his Edmonton career.
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| 0:00.0 | There's really no debate about who is the best player in the NHL. |
| 0:09.4 | What a move! |
| 0:16.4 | What a play! |
| 0:18.5 | What a goal! |
| 0:20.8 | Conor McDavid! |
| 0:24.8 | Conor McDavid has been absolutely shredding defenses since he entered the League 5 season |
| 0:29.2 | ago and dropping a lot of jaws along the way. |
| 0:33.2 | But there are signs that the superstar has grown frustrated with his team's lack of success. |
| 0:38.8 | Today, Jonathan Willis, who covers the Edmonton Oilers for the Athletic, joins us to talk |
| 0:44.4 | about McDavid, his secretive recovery from a brutal injury and if the clock is ticking |
| 0:51.2 | on his Edmonton career. |
| 0:53.0 | He's holding up his end, he needs the franchise around him to hold up its, and ultimately that's |
| 0:58.7 | the only cure to those sorts of frustrations. |
| 1:06.0 | From Wondry and the Athletic, I'm Anders Keltow. |
| 1:08.4 | Kavita is on her way back from the Super Bowl. |
| 1:11.5 | It's Tuesday, February 4th, and this is the League. |
| 1:15.5 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:19.5 | There was just something about the emotion and the moment you know the verse for verse |
| 1:24.9 | of the day, it was the past, don't matter because we've got this now. |
| 1:30.8 | This isn't a story where you interview the athlete in your home. |
| 1:34.9 | It stays with you. |
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