McDavid Day-to-Day With Lower Body Woe
Connor McDavid skates out of the Olympics with a lower body injury that has Oilers brass holding their breath ahead of the stretch run. Sources close to the captain confirm he's day-to-day, but eagle-eyed scouts spotted taped fingers during the handshake line after Canada's silver-medal heartbreaker. Edmonton plots its post-break surge without knowing if their supernova returns at full throttle, and that uncertainty ripples through every contender's scouting reports.
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