Edmonton Oilers rookie star Connor McDavid badly hurt in win over Flyers

Colorado Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov, left, of Russian Federation, deflects a shot off the stick of Calgary Flames center Sam Bennett during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, November 3, 2015, in Denver.

McDavid got involved with Flyers’ Brandon Manning and Michael Del Zotto as he tried to score.

Eberle is close to returning, and head coach Todd McLellan said the team will soldier on. The play itself might not have been dirty, but watching the league’s top rookie, a player who had star potential, get injured on a freak play hurt the league as much as much as it did the Oilers.

But it was what happened after the collision, Remenda said, that showed the hockey world who McDavid really is, both as a player and as a young man.

McDavid, who was the first pick overall in last summer’s entry draft, was the NHL’s rookie of month after scoring 12 points in his first 12 games.

Speaking at a news conference, Oilers general manager Peter Chiarelli said the prognosis is not good, according to the Associated Press (via the NY Times): “We’re talking about months”. “Oilers fan Reginald Carty has equal worry for his team going forward this season without McDavid”.

Patrick Kane was supposed to be out eight to 12 weeks this past February but was back in seven, just in time for the Chicago Blackhawks’ first playoff game against the Nashville Predators. Craig Custance of ESPN The Magazine first reported the injury is a broken clavicle.

Mike Condon, filling in for injured Carey Price for a third straight game, made a spectacular glove save near the end of a scoreless first period to prevent Cody Ceci from finishing a two-on-one with Pageau. He was named rookie of the month for October. The what-if game isn’t fun, and being forced to play it with McDavid would be particularly crappy.

For once, the Oilers got it unequivocally right in the draft – though to be fair, an alien from Neptune could hardly have got it wrong – and … wham! “My experience with these significant injuries with younger players is they come back even stronger”. A fight last night wouldn’t have done a damn thing other than maybe making you feel for a little bit better for the duration of the fight.

“We’re down to six D-men on this road trip so having the ability to know you’re going to be playing every game helps your confidence and I’m definitely getting more comfortable now”, said Manning.