The NHL should allow players to make it to the Olympics once and for all, MCDAVID says
In the same way that he has lacked experience playing in an Olympic game, Connor McDavid has also lacked experience playing in a Stanley Cup Final, unlike one Sidney Crosby.
Due to the NHL's exclusion of NHL players from Olympic competition since 2014, he wants to change all that.
In 2018, NHL players were excluded from the Olympics in South Korea, and have been excluded from international competition since Nagano in 1998.
It is important to McDavid, like fans, to see the best playing against each other during the Olympics.
«These are iconic moments, and they only happen in best-on-best tournaments. We're missing that. We've been missing it for a long time. I think everybody is hoping to get that back.»
It was in 2014 and 2015 that McDavid played for Team Canada in the World Junior Hockey Championships.
If the World Cup of Hockey takes place in 2025, or if the 2026 Olympics take place, his next best shot can be in 2025.
It's about McDavid not getting a chance to play with Sidney Crosby in an Olympic setting and he wants to address that before Crosby leaves. Crosby even indicated that he was willing to shift to the wing to allow such a massive event to take place.
Although McDavid has surpassed Crosby when it comes to the Art Ross and Hart Trophies, Crosby still has McDavid beat when it comes to Stanley Cups, which he has won three of.
We share McDavid's feelings on the matter, as a pairing between Connor McDavid and Sidney Crosby would be a once-in-a-lifetime event everyone should be able to see and experience.
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SEPTEMBRE 28 | 102 ANSWERS The NHL should allow players to make it to the Olympics once and for all, MCDAVID says Do you think Connor McDavid is right to not give up on Olympic play? | ||
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