My friends, Connor McDavid just had the awards night that every Oilers fan knew he deserved. On this evening, our beloved captain took home both the Ted Lindsay Award and Hart Trophy as the league MVP. Anyone question the choice? No, I didn’t think so.
When you think of the most valuable player it’s pretty much impossible not to have Connor McDavid on your mind. Not only was he the only NHLer to hit the 100 point mark this season, he was a human highlight reel on a nightly basis and the driving force behind the Oilers’ first trip back to the playoffs in a decade. Connor was the PB to our J and calling him the MVP almost doesn’t do him justice. He’s more than that. Not only is Connor the best and most valuable player on his team, he also represented the light at the end of the tunnel for a city that spent 10 years watching depressing, soul-sucking hockey.
While the Ted Lindsay Award and Hart Trophy are both individual awards that Connor McDavid rightfully deserved as compliments to the Art Ross he’s already won, I can’t help but feel like all of OilersNation is feeling a certain sense of pride right now. Watching this amazing young player get rewarded with the accolades he rightfully deserves was the cherry on top of a fantastic season and another reminder of how the Hockey Gods were smiling upon us back in April of 2015. Even when he’s just winning trophies, I can’t get tired of watching Connor McDavid.
Amazingly, this was only Connor’s second season (first full year) and he already has the NHL by the balls which is both amazing and unbelievably satisfying. Having him as an Edmonton Oiler pisses off NHL fans in every other market and the saltiness of their tears is so sweet and delicious. That said, having Connor McDavid on our team has been a blessing from the Gords, and I think I can speak for all Oilers fans when I say how thankful we are to have him. Tonight, it was nice to see both the league and his peers recognize him for what we’ve known all along.
Connor McDavid, we speak your name.
THE NHL 18 COVER
As if winning every award he was nominated for wasn’t enough, Connor McDavid will also grace the cover of EA’s NHL ’18 for the coming season. It must be a pretty surreal feeling to be on the cover of a game he’s played his entire life. That’s a cool cap to his evening. The only thing missing for Connor on this night was to walk away from the awards with a 50/50 win.
MCDAVID’S MVP SEASON
| Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | Lge | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 2016-17 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 82 | 30 | 70 | 100 | 26 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| NHL Totals | 127 | 46 | 102 | 148 | 44 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | |||
Seeing Wayne Gretzky handing the Hart Trophy to Connor gave me goosebumps.
Hopefully Connor can go on a Gretzky type run and own these trophies for years
CONNOR’S BETTER!!!
Well he got what he deserved. On a side note that player down south wins softest player award. Was a good night.
Calgary Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau has been fined $2,000 as supplementary discipline under NHL Rule 64 (Diving/Embellishment), the National Hockey League announced today. https://www.nhl.com/news/gaudreau-diving-fine/c-287585102
Johnny hockey was fined for DIVING! How did he even get nominatedwith his poor sportsmanship? NHL Rule 64 is designed to bring attention to and more seriously penalize players (and teams) who repeatedly dive and embellish in an attempt to draw penalties.
Classy work by Connor. He deserves all that and a bag of chips.
Not so classy work by Sportsnet – who lead off with Austin Matthews winning the Calder and totally leave out any mention of McDavid, the league MVP. (Slow clap)
Kudos to Connor on a well deserved win.A true class act and a superb role model for this leauge. Also how did Johnny Cocky win the lady Bing? He litteraly got fined for diving! Not exactly sportsmanlike. Doesn’t matter tho Mcdavid plays for the Oilers and is the best player in the leauge and I’m extremely proud to say that!!! Now Bring home Stanely
Congrats Connor on the Art Ross, Hart and Ted Lindsay this year. Let’s hope for the Stanley cup and Conn Smythe next year and many more to follow!
Also the cover of EA makes Connor a superfecta(4) winner !!
Hey Connor, if you want your picture taken with a real trophy feel free to head down to Pitts! #CuplessConnor
Really? You’ll be eating those words sooner than later troll.
Really? Only way he gets a cup is by leaving E-Town!
Hmmm… that’s funny, because I was thinking the only way he WINS a cup is by staying in E-town. Gretzky never won again after leaving either, remember that.
Connor will be hoisting that trophy soon enough. I would think that the oilers may be the next team that has the potential to win repeat championships
Hey impostor! You are NOT batman.
Correct. He is Battman.
someone is jelly sid the kid was just de-throned. The oil are coming, carefull, you may eat those words.
Dethroned? Seems to me it was Sid hoisting Lord Stanley for his third time in June while Connor was teeing them off from the ladies tees! Not to mention lifting his second consecutive Conn Smythe. Regular season accolades are meaningless! It is the playoffs that count!
Long squeaky fart noise…
So you have an infatuation with Crosby? I wonder if he shares the same for you
Poor Clayton, baby wants some attention. Keep making comments based on some alternative reality and showing every one just how smart you think you are.
The best thing about trolls is that at least we know you’ll never reproduce. #neverknownthetouchofawoman
Wow!!!!
OMG Pittsburg won the Stanley Cup? Unbelievable I did not know that. Wow thank you so very much. Keep up the good work ?
Listen Clayton lol!!! It’s his second season and he probably wins the cup in his third!
I believe Connor said, let me get this straight, “I’m honoured to be an Oiler, I love being an Oiler, playing in front of the best fans in the league!” I’m sure the Leafs fans still believe he will leave for Toronto at first opportunity though. Dream on suckers! Matthews isn’t a bad consolation prize at all. Stanley Cup final soon as I see it. Two good GM’s, two great coaches, etc. A lot of similarities.
YEAHHHHH Conner Mcdavid i cheered when he won his much deserved awards like when he scored goals during the season it was awsome ………. oh ya kudos to lady gaudreau down in loserville …. WOOOOOO
NHL just announced that Conner has been voted First Team All Star centre. Was there any doubt?
The Oilers are back to relevance. Wow, that was a long hiatus!
it was a special night and I was very happy to see THE NEW CAPTAIN OF team Canada get all that well deserved hardware. the one thing that rubbed me off a bit was him thanking the katz family for the arena like they built the whole thing. obviously no one has explained to him how the arena was funded with most of the bill being footed by the city and the fans going to the games. other than that, let’s go Oilers!!!
Katz made the arena happen. Of that there is no doubt.
katz, the city, and the fans made the arena happen, not just one of them.
ease up. he thanked everyone of those people. no need to analyze his phrasing.
go to nhl numbers, look at Vegas Golden Knights (or is it Las Vegas Golden Knights). There is absolutely no reason to sign russsel. you can get a defensemen with similar value to the oilers with one year left on there contract. Will it cost something. Yes. But it will save us 4 mill in cap space the following three years.
Hey BM, when will the full schedule for next year be released? I’m booking a trip to Vegas around an Oiler visit. Guy trip!!
Next Thursday 3 pm mst
nope, they are releasing it today
“NHL Network will reveal the league-wide schedule during the hour-long NHL Tonight: 2017-18 Schedule Release this Thursday, June 22, live at 3 p.m. ET.”
Congrats to Connor. Well deserved. And he is well rounded too; he also got some votes for the Selke finishing 16th. And he also got 16th for the Byng.
So, who was the blonde? Relative?
It doesn’t matter who she is….
She’s definitely out of your league.
You thinking Mrs Pronger? No worries as long as she’s Canadian…
I think I could have assembled a better team/more picks than Vegas. Lots of head scratches, which maybe will make more sense tomorrow as more trades happen. Should have taken guys like dumba etc and made the wild outbid all other teams if they want to keep him
I agree, there better be some sort of explanation coming for that abomination of a roster compared to what I was expecting.
Think of it this way: Should be some easy points for the Oilers next season!
Justice is served!
Congratulations to Connor on a wonderful season and the rewards he so richly deserves. Now to win the ultimate trophy in the NHL. GO OILERS!
JULTZ finished 10th in Norris voting!
Griffin will get some Norris votes in a couple of years too.
MACT WAS RIGHT ABOUT HIS NORRIS POTENTIAL
Well, done Connor! Lord Stanley, you’re next!
To the people who voted for Justin Schultz and whoever thinks he is the 10th best d in the league you are nuts!
Breaking Rumors- Ebs has been traded
Straight across for Strome
Ryan Strome?
Yup
*Starts slow clap* *cries a little*