There’s no better place for Connor McDavid to win than in Edmonton

It was another difficult loss in the Stanley Cup Final for Edmonton Oilers and Connor McDavid, arguably hockey’s best player, at the hands of the Florida Panthers. Despite having 15 goals and 60 assists for 75 points in the last two playoff seasons is still without hockey’s holy grail.

During Thursday’s end-of-year press conference for the Oilers, McDavid, who has one year left on the eight-year, $100-million contract he signed in July 2017, raised some eyebrows with comments made when asked about what his future holds.

“We’re all in this together, trying to get it over that finish line. But with that being said, I still need to do what’s best for me and my family,” he said.

On Friday’s episode of Daily Faceoff Live, Frank Seravalli and Tyler Yaremchuk discuss McDavid’s comments and which team he would have the best chance of winning with going forward.

Tyler Yaremchuk: A lot of people circling the “with that being said,” part from McDavid’s quote. What did you make of his comments on his future?

Frank Seravalli: I mean, they were candid, and raw, because this is a guy who is reeling from being this close again to capturing his ultimate dream and getting his name etched on Lord Stanley’s mug. And that hurts. So 48 hours after the fact, of course you’re going to be sour and dejected.

With that said, the truth is, if McDavid is looking fora. chance to win a Stanley Cup, short of going to Florida one year from now, there really isn’t a team better positioned anywhere else to be able to chase that. There is no other team where you can play with Leon Draisaitl, who probably should have won the Hart Trophy this year.

When it comes to other players who filled out this team, it’s been a frustrating process, and that’s what I think you see seep out here. This isn’t directed at Stan Bowman or Jeff Jackson, as much as it’s directed at Peter Chiarelli and Ken Holland, who haven’t gotten this mix quite right. You see the moves Bowman has made since he took over, and he still has to go through the process and undo some of those, still.

You can watch the full segment and the rest of the episode here…