Connor McDavid said all the right things (as he usually does) Saturday night and did it with class, all the while using his off-ice stickhandling skills to avoid any controversy.
But that hasn’t stopped an onslaught of second guessers, especially on social media, from questioning the kid’s perceived lack of enthusiasm at heading to Edmonton, pointing to a still photo of McDavid’s surprised - some would call it shocked - face when the Oilers were announced as the winner of the NHL draft lottery.
As a result, let’s nip one misguided theory in the bud before it develops a life of its own.