Bruins face incredibly tough task slowing down Connor McDavid, red-hot Oilers
Bruins face incredibly tough task slowing down McDavid, red-hot Oilers originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
Wayne Gretzky’s name is all over the NHL record books.
He’s the all-time leader in goals, assists, points and many other notable offensive categories. There’s one record of Gretzky’s that might come toppling down in 2021-22, and that’s his 51-game point streak to begin a season.
Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid is the best player in the world, and it’s not up for debate. No one has the combination of raw talent, elite speed and high hockey IQ that he possesses.
In fact, no other player in all of sports is performing at a higher level than McDavid right now.
“It’s always special when nobody else is close,” Gretzky told the Edmonton Journal’s Jim Matheson in May of this year. “You can always sit around and have bar talk about comparisons but the reality is nobody is even close to Connor. That’s what makes this so unique. His numbers (in 2020-21) are sort of mind-boggling.”
McDavid has tallied at least one point in the Oilers’ first 11 games, and they are 9-2-0 as a result. It’s still early, but he has a real shot to break that 51-game scoring streak to begin a season — a Gretzky record most of us thought was untouchable.
His goal against the New York Rangers on Monday night, when he danced around four opponents and scored, was one of the most jaw-dropping hockey plays of the last 20 years.
Boston Bruins head coach Bruce Cassidy, like the rest of us, was in awe of McDavid’s sensational goal against the Rangers.
“Love it (as a fan),” Cassidy told reporters Tuesday. “As a coach, you’re like ‘On the one side how can you not defend the guy better? There’s four of you.’ Then as a coach on the offensive side, it’s ‘Hey that’s a pretty risky (play), use your teammates.’ But you’ve got to love it in the end, right? You just don’t see much of that anymore, those highlight-reel goals — I shouldn’t say that –…
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