Forward “Edmonton” Klim Kostin told that his teammate Connor McDavid thinks of a useful action on the field and aims to win the Stanley Cup if the Canadian wanted to break records Wayne Gretzky or Alexandra Ovechkina he would do it easily.
McDavid was selected first overall by the Oilers in the 2015 draft. The forward this season has scored 89 points (40 goals and 49 assists) in 49 NHL regular season games.
– What eyes are you looking at McDavid? How does he surprise you?
– I look with very big and round eyes at every training session. What can you say? Man is simply not from our planet. He has no weaknesses. A lot of people talk about how fast his hands are, how fast he runs, how fast he brakes. But no one talks about McDavid’s intelligence. And he has a very high hockey IQ!
I watch Connor after every game, the next day before practice, sit down and watch all his shifts multiple times. Once we had a tough time, we lost three games in a row. McDavid gave a speech in the locker room after the game: “We have to be professionals, analyze our mistakes, study our moves. And I’ve never seen anyone with iPads. Nobody watches their shifts.
The next day, everyone was with iPads! Personally, I started spending half a day in front of the computer. McDavid is a very big pro in his own right,” Kostin said in an interview with .
– Everyone expects Ovechkin to overtake Gretzky in career goals. But don’t you think Ovechkin could one day overtake McDavid? He’s got fantastic pace this season and he’s only 26.
“If he wants, he can. Nothing is out of reach for McDavid. He’s just the kind of person who doesn’t chase goals or scores. Connor is a winner by nature. Such a core, character. He wants to win.
For example, a goal is scored at the junction of majority and equal compositions. McDavid walks over to the bench and asks the coach: “Did you score in equal numbers? It is very important to him that more or less is good. He is more motivated by this subject than by points.
If Connor had been trained to break Gretzky’s or Ovechkin’s record, he easily would have done it. But he has only one goal: to win the Stanley Cup. McDavid wants to win every game. From match to match, he wants to progress. Incredible professional.
McDavid won the 2016 World Cup with Team Canada.
Source : MatchTV
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