Elliotte Friedman updates Connor McDavid's status after suffering scary injury against the Blue Jackets
Edmonton Oilers captain and the NHL's best player Connor McDavid was injured against the Columbus Blue Jackets Monday night. Elliotte Friedman has now updated his status.
Connor McDavid has been a phenom in the NHL for nearly a decade now, bringing the Edmonton Oilers within one win of the Stanley Cup last year.
Unfortunately, after a nasty fall during his first shift against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday night, he left the game and did not return.
Elliotte Friedman has now confirmed that the worst - likely a broken bone, has been avoided, but that Connor McDavid will miss some time.
This is good news for the Edmonton Oilers, who are off to a less-than-ideal start to the 2024-25 NHL season. The team hasn't been able to bring everything together despite being in the Stanley Cup Finals a mere few months ago. The team's new additions, Jeff Skinner and Viktor Arvidsson, have both equally had slow starts to the year.
The Edmonton Oilers made two call-ups following the injury to captain Connor McDavid, including 26 year old Noah Philp who has yet to make his NHL debut, and took the entire 2023-24 season off in what was believed to be retirement., and Drake Caggiula, who was once a regular for the Edmonton Oilers in 2017-18.
We will see if the Edmonton Oilers can push forward without their captain and franchise player. A slow start may have worked last season, but it may not work again.
