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Jon Cooper on Mitch Marner setting up Connor McDavid’s championship-winning goal for Team Canada: “That kid can make plays… He just needed one chance to make a play, and he did”

What did you learn about Connor McDavid over the last 10 days or so that you didn’t already know?

Cooper: I am going to say this about Connor, but I am going to say it about the group. I don’t like to say second, third, and fourth line — everybody has a role on the team — but fourth-liners play differently than first-liners. Connor McDavid is clearly one of — if not the — best players in the world, and I can say this about all these guys: They all played with their talent, but they all played with the mentality of fourth-liners.