The story here will be that Connor McDavid, while skating at full speed with a defender on his back, put the puck and his stick between his legs to snipe top corner despite being at an angle that would flummox a Geometry teacher, because...well...that's a pretty goddamn awesome story. However, being that we've "heard" an iteration of it before, although not one "told" in a way that made time and space seem like entirely unnecessary social constructs, I'm going to focus on the most mind-melting "oh, and..." of all time. That, of course, being that while making the rest of a league filled with the best hockey players on the planet look like pylons, he also lifted his foot to allow for a full follow through on a shot that not one other person on the ice would have had the stones to attempt in the first place. Never mind the astronomical amount of balance and skill required to do so, because the amount of smarts required to do so are, ironically, absolutely fucking stupid. Connor McDavid's presence of mind makes that of his competition seem comparable to someone that just licked up the entirety of the batter for a specialized batch of brownies in celebration of 420. He just thinks the game on an entirely different level, with that level being so far above everyone else's head that it justifies the nickname 'McJesus'. Scored what's likely to be a goal of the year candidate, and yet somehow the true beauty of it was still in the details. The kid is a special kind of special, so much so that you have to tip your cap...even it leaves you at risk dumping your blown mind all over the place.
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