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Oilers captain Connor McDavid, young, fast and ‘blowing by people’

A lot of people in the NHL are convinced Connor McDavid is the fastest player in the league.

More and more are beginning to believe the Edmonton Oilers forward is on a fast track to becoming the best player in the league.

“He’s got everything,” Carolina Hurricanes coach Bill Peters said this week. “He’s got the updated software. He thinks the game, sees the game, at a high, high level and he plays it at a high level.

“So he’s not only a step ahead of you mentally but he’s physically hard to contain. And that’s all you’re trying to do.