Connor McDavid Is Good At Hockey: Here Are The Top 5 Goals From The NHL Last Night (10/16/18)
There’s really only one word you could properly use to describe the start of the 2018-19 NHL Season. And that word, of course, is an absolute Gongshow. The season is only 2 weeks old and already we have Auston Matthews scoring at least 2 points in each of his team’s first 7 games of the season. We have Kyle Palmieri scoring the first goal of all 4 New Jersey Devils games so far this season. We have Connor McDavid who–up until the Oilers OT winner last night–had either scored or had an assist in every single Edmonton Oilers goal before that. Nathan MacKinnon has also scored in 6 straight to start the season. We have superstars doing superstar things and the amount of talent in the NHL right now is absurd. The only people who should hate the start of this NHL season are the goalies and Red Wings fans. So unless you’re either of those 2 things, sit back and enjoy the top 5 from last night in the NHL.
5. Connor McDavid Is Sick And Tired Of Everybody Talking About Auston Matthews
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Alright speaking of superstars doing superstar things, we have a bit of a discrepancy here to start off last night’s top 5. Connor McDavid is the best hockey player in the world. That much is a fact. So as of right now, McDavid has built up his resume enough to the point where I have to believe he intended on dropping this puck off to Ty Rattie.
Innocent until proven guilty, ya know? There are only a select few players in the world who I think could actually plan that play out and execute it to perfection. McDavid is one of them. But if that wasn’t the case and the puck just took a lucky bounce to Ty Rattie’s tape? Well then it’s still a nasty goal but it would probably get knocked out of my top 5 from last night. And as a potential apology, here’s that Jamie Benn vs Miles Wood tilt again.
4. Staying In Newark… Kyle Palmieri Is FEELING IT
I’ve already written about the ridiculous start to the season Kyle Palmieri has been having. 2 goals in each of the Devils first 3 games. And then last night for the 4th straight game, he scored the opening goal of the game. And this one right here is how you know this man is buzzing and has the green light to shoot at will. He takes that first wrist shot and it’s just a little off the mark. He knows he can dial that one back in for next time. So before Billy Butcher even gets the puck off the boards, Palmieri is already loading up and calling for it again.
And then from there, it’s the exact shot we’ve grown accustomed to seeing out of guys with names like Alexander Ovechkin, Steven Stamkos, Patrik Laine, etc. That right-handed one-timer powerplay bomb from the top of the circle. Even gets that kiss of the pipe so that sweet, sweet sound of rubber against metal can be heard throughout the entire area. Kyle Palmieri may not have the same name recognition as those other guys but he keeps scoring like a superstar so far during the first two weeks of this season. So who knows, maybe by the end of the year he will.
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3. Make Sure You Bring Some Extra Napkins Around Shayne Gostisbehere. He’s Extra Saucy
The Flyers have been having a very… Flyers start to the season. I’d call them averagely mediocre. But if there is one player who has been standing out the most and putting some seriously ELITE play on tape, it’s Shayne Gostisbehere. This is the type of play right here that you’ll see in a highlight package for when he wins the Norris Trophy. Dives to strip the puck away from McCann. Then pulls a nice little move to shake the shit out of Yandle coming into the zone. And then this backhand sauce to Giroux for the goal was shipped straight from Italy.
Also the work from Jordan Weal there to take the eyes away from Hutchinson and also still manage to jump out of the way of that shot was equal parts luck and filth.
3. That Brock Boeser Is So Hot Right Now
This is what I love about the Brocket Ship. In overtime against the Penguins. So many other players make the “safe” play and pass this puck. Coming down on a 3v2 with an extra point on the line? 9 out of 10 players pass this puck off and try to get something set up offensively. But not Brock “Dwayne “The Brock” Johnson” Boeser. The man is a certified weapon. American Sniper. So if the puck is on his stick and he has some room to really load up a shot? Well guess where you can find that puck.
In the back of the mother heckin’ net. Game, blouses. By the way–I’m sure the rest of the boys let Guentzel know about this one in the Minnesota group chat.
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1. Connor McDavid Is The Fastest Kid In The World, Part 47692
I mean… are you fucking serious? Here’s what is so nasty about this goal–that was Connor McDavid slowing down and he still burnt everybody. If Draisaitl had give the puck to McDavid right here, the puck would have been in the back of the net about 5 seconds earlier.
But instead, McDavid pretty much had to bring himself to a complete stop before finally getting the puck right here.
Now as you can see, that doesn’t exactly leave McDavid with a ton of room to really turn the jets back on. It’s not like he has a full sheet of ice ahead of him to build up speed. He only has about a few–
–oh what’s that? He still managed to get behind everybody and get a 1v1 with the goalie? And obviously he stuffed it in the back of the net? Yeah. What else is new. Connor McDavid is a goddamn freak and don’t you ever forget that. I love Auston Matthews to death. But Connor McDavid is on another planet than quite literally every other human being who plays hockey right now. Only thing that can slow him down now is the fact that weed is legalized in Canada. Somebody needs to get McDavid stoned so the rest of the league can finally catch up.