Curtis Lazar feels sorry for his good friend Conner McDavid.
Not because he's almost certainly going to become an Edmonton Oiler, but for the expectations that will follow his former Team Canada junior teammate.
"That poor kid," Lazar said with a grin and a shake of his head Sunday morning when told TSN 1200's John Rodenburg had an hour earlier predicted McDavid would become the NHL's best player in 30 years. "Honestly, people expect him to lead the league in points next year and stuff like that. I always see the first year, there's expectations, but they're not real enough.