This is Connor McDavid’s face, moments after it was revealed the Edmonton Oilers won the NHL Draft Lottery for the right to select him this June.
One might assume this is a look of dreadful disappointment, because it’s the exact look one gives when told they need a root canal, or that rather than turkey the main course at Thanksgiving is rat brains.
Ah, but someone who would know best believes anyone that gleans disappointment from McDavid’s reaction here is as wrong as wrong can be: Brian McDavid, the new Walter Gretzky!
As he told Terry Jones of the Edmonton Sun:
“To be honest, he was a little bit in shock,” said Brian.