From the moment the Edmonton Oilers won the 2015 NHL draft lottery -- and the right to draft generational prospect Connor McDavid -- we've all been playing the role of remote psychoanalysts.
The way he looked when the Oilers were revealed as the top pick -- was that despondency? The way he fumbled through an "anything can happen at the draft" answer when asked how it felt to be an Oiler -- was that regret?
When McDavid became an Oiler, we were looking for signs that he didn't want to be an Oiler, because none of us wanted him to be an Oiler.