Luke Gazdic is taking the role of watching over Connor McDavid — both on and off the ice — to heart.
Along with keeping an eye on McDavid’s back this season, the Oilers enforcer is also taking the budding star under his wing.
Having arrived in Edmonton early this week, McDavid has moved in with Gazdic and Taylor Hall prior to training camp.
“Until camp, Connor is going to be with us,” Gazdic said following an informal skate at the Royal Glenora Club on Tuesday. “He’s familiar to me, he’s a Greater Toronto area kid, and we’re from the same junior team — we’re both Erie Otters guys.