Connor McDavid comments on scary fall in practice before training camp

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Liam McCormick
September 12, 2024 (5:58 PM)

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The Edmonton Oilers had a small panic during the first day of training camp when Connor McDavid went down on the ice hard.

According to reports from practice, Connor McDavid got tied up with Victor Arvidsson awkwardly, and fell down hard. The arena went silent for a second as everyone saw it was McDavid that went down - but he was able to get up on his own and skate off.

McDavid is fully okay and back skating again, thankfully. After the incident, McDavid said that he was much at fault for the fall as Arvidsson was, but joked that it may be a bit of leftover rivalry from Arvidsson's time with the LA Kings.

McDavid sustaining any form of injury in meaningless preseason games or training is obviously not an ideal scenario for the Oilers, which prompts the quiet reaction when he goes down hard in practice. McDavid should be more motivated than ever this year to compete for the Stanley Cup after coming so close last year, and it'd be brutal for an injury to impede his preparation for the year.

This season, McDavid's actually taking it easier with offseason training to not over-exert himself early in the year. The Oilers want to peak in May and June next year, not for this October. Thankfully this fall in practice was just a scare, and McDavid can continue to be as locked-in as ever on the goal of the Stanley Cup this season.