Stopping Connor McDavid
This is what everyone is looking forward to this week. Connor McDavid takes on the MVP. Hall versus McDavid will be a pseudo rivalry as long as they stay in their current locations. It will always be perceived by outside media that Hall was sent away from the Oilers because of the presence of McDavid. Whether that’s true or not doesn’t matter, because people will continue reporting it.
Meanwhile, the Devils main goal will be to stop the greatest hockey player alive today. McDavid is going to try to overcome his mediocre core that still didn’t get him a winger, and carry the Oilers as far as they let him.
The Devils will look for force McDavid to leave Sweden with as many points as he came with. That’s no easy task. He had four assists in just two games against the Devils, including a 6-3 drubbing last November. The Devils need to stop him if they have any chance to come back to North America the winners.