Connor McDavid Reflects on Losing Stanley Cup Final

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00:00We'll start with Connor McDavid.

00:02I lost a really good team.

00:05Nobody quit, nobody threw the towel, and they're a heck of a team.

00:13You know, the Stanley Cup champions back-to-back for a reason.

00:15That's like a guy at the sales convention, he just couldn't close the deal.

00:20I mean, obviously, their forecheck was great.

00:22They tilted the rink.

00:23They were able to kind of stay on top of us all over the place.

00:26Never really able to generate any momentum up the ice.

00:35You know, we kept trying the same thing over and over again,

00:38just banging our heads against the wall.

00:39So credit to them.

00:42They picked it up.

00:43Listen, I'll give him credit that he stands there every night

00:46and is the only guy that ever does an interview besides Dry Side.

00:49The two of them are the only ones that ever talk, and he faces the music.

00:54But I'll say this to you.

00:55I'll say I have never seen a team have the puck less than them

01:00in a Stanley Cup final.

01:02I mean, they never had the puck.

01:03Great call by you, Scott, and two.

01:05They panicked.

01:05They switched up the lines all the time.

01:07There was no chemistry.

01:08And another thing is, Gabe and I talk about it here in the Canadian media,

01:11these Oilers guys, their media, they never stop.

01:15Like, they are all – like, I don't even know how these guys –

01:17like, they got some old curmudgeons,

01:19and these guys won't let them off the hook every night.

01:21Like, I'm surprised no players, like, put a guy in a headlock

01:24or kick them in the teeth.

01:25Like, these guys are relentless.

01:27Like, I'd hate to deal with the Oilers media.

01:29They're shirts.

01:29Yeah, there's no doubt.

01:32The Canadian media, when it comes to hockey, is on another level.

01:36And so they haven't won it since 93, so the abuse continues.

01:40Here's the coach who I think – personally, I think his days are numbered.

01:44Here we go.

01:44No, there's no silver lining to this.

01:49It's still heart-wrenching.

01:52It's very difficult to handle right now.

01:56No, it's just because we were maybe the underdogs going to the L.A. series,

02:01underdogs against Vegas, Dallas series.

02:05It hurts right now, and I don't think it's going to let up for a while.

02:11Who does he look like?

02:11What actor does that guy look like?

02:13He looks familiar.

02:14Is he a guy from, like, Star Trek or something?

02:17There's something about that guy.

02:18I don't know what he is.

02:19Chuck Knobloch.

02:20Yeah, Chuck Knobloch.

02:23I love Chuck Knobloch.

02:25Now, anyway, he looks like somebody – an actor.

02:27I've got to figure it out.

02:28Do you know that Luke is not older than how long it's taken a Canadian team,

02:36since 93, the Canadians, to win the Cup?

02:41It's older than Luke.

02:42The losing streak is older than Luke.

02:44Wow.

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