McDavid Gets Dragged Into Edmonton’s Bigger Mess

Connor McDavid is once again at the center of a conversation that sounds bigger than one player and probably is. The criticism around him has taken on the smell of a scapegoat story, which usually means the real problems are sitting somewhere deeper in the organization. That is the part casual fans miss and front offices never forget - stars get blamed because they are easiest to see, not because they are always the issue.