Connor McDavid is prone to attain the 1000-point milestone with the Edmonton Oilers in Thursday’s recreation towards the Nashville Predators. McDavid scored 4 factors on Tuesday, bringing his complete to 999, and he mentioned after the sport it might have been good to do it then so he can transfer on and deal with successful. His CEO and former agent Jeff Jackson confirmed McDavid simply desires to win, suggesting the best participant within the recreation will “blow it off” with regards to reaching his one thousandth level.
Jeff Jackson talked about how a lot of a frontrunner McDavid has turn into and the way centered he’s on staff success over particular person accolades. Jackson famous that a few of what McDavid is de facto like got here out within the Amazon collection, the place he not solely misplaced it on his staff however refused to exit and settle for the Conn Smythe Trophy for playoff MVP.
Jackson famous, “…his management was unimaginable. He’s such a mature chief now. He calls for extra of himself than anyone, however you recognize he holds his teammates accountable, which is what captain does.” He added that understanding Connor like he does, everybody understands the 1000 factors is a good milestone, particularly given how rapidly McDavid acquired there. However it doesn’t matter to McDavid within the grand scheme of issues.
“…he’ll blow it off,” Jackson mentioned. He added:
“Like, he’ll be happy with it, however it’s prefer it doesn’t imply a lot to him until he’s acquired success from a staff perspective. He’s at all times been unselfish, however I’ve seen it increasingly more the place he’s not centered on scoring titles. He’s going to place up factors, he’s going to attain large objectives, he’s going to attain highlight-reel objectives; trigger that’s him. However he’s actually developed into somebody who’s simply so centered on successful.”
Jackson Mentioned That’s What Issues in Contract Negotiations With McDavid
Jackson went on to say that whereas extending Leon Draisaitl offers the Oilers a greater likelihood to signal McDavid, nothing is a assure if the Oilers don’t win. He famous that his job is to make sure he places a staff collectively that’s aggressive. Noting that McDavid can write down on a bit of paper what he desires to receives a commission, on the finish of the day, successful is all that issues.
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