Amid a career that’s already been stuffed with trophies, records and plenty of highlight-reel fodder, there are times, even still, when Connor McDavid makes you just stop and watch. A two-week stretch in November was the latest to drop jaws. First came a night against New York that saw the Edmonton Oilers captain dart through four Rangers, picking his way through the crowd with a casual ease, before slipping the puck past Alexandar Georgiev to tie the game in its final minutes (his Oilers went on to win in overtime). Thirteen days later, he did it again, this time flying past a pack of unlucky Winnipeg Jets before whipping the puck past Connor Hellebuyck’s blocker, tying that game with five-and-a-half minutes remaining (his Oilers went on to win in a shootout). There are certain moments, watching No. 97, where the gap between his skill-set and the rest of the league seems exaggerated to a comical degree. Where the unexplainable discrepancy between what he’s capable of and what tho...