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Connor McDavid makes stellar debut, protects young fan from poachers (Video)

Edmonton Oilers first round pick Connor McDavid takes part in the Edmonton Oilers orientation camp in Edmonton, Alberta, Thursday, July 2, 2015. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
Edmonton Oilers first round pick Connor McDavid takes part in the Edmonton Oilers orientation camp in Edmonton, Alberta, Thursday, July 2, 2015. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)

Let’s say you’re one of the 7,300 fans that watched an Edmonton Oilers intrasquad scrimmage in which No. 1 overall pick Connor McDavid made his debut.

Let’s say his team scored eight goals in the 40 minutes of 4-on-4 (no hit) hockey and then seven minutes of 3-on-3. What did you expect from him?

To better understand McJesus’s debut in front of his parishioners, we’ve created a handy chart:

Yes, five goals. Good to see McDavid is setting the bar rather low for his rookie season.

Here’s a look at his performance in the annual Billy Moores Cup at Rexall Place. You’ll have to suffer through the eight goals he didn’t score to see the ones he did.

Gotta love fans that’ll toss their caps on the ice for an intrasquad scrimmage hat trick.

From NHL.com: 

"It was fun. Anytime you get a chance to play in front of fans like that, it's always exciting," McDavid said. "It was pretty competitive, just with the guys that we had, and they made a lot of great plays out there."

"I think this week gave me more of an understanding on how excited they are about the Oilers in general," McDavid said. "They should be excited; there has been a lot of great changes, and they've brought in a lot of great hockey minds. They made a couple of trades and signed a couple of free agents that are very good players. I think there are a lot of reasons to be excited about this franchise moving forward."

Yeah, here are two: Connor and McDavid.

How ready is McDavid for the NHL? At the end of the scrimmage, he showed a veteran’s savvy in signing a hat for a young fan and then laying down the law with a Toews-ian death stare at a lady who dared try to snag it from the youngin’:

Might as well raise No. 97 to the rafters now. He’s going to be legend wait for it dary…

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But that wasn't all from McDavid. He showed some more skills from development camp.

Behold his acceleration...

But of course, all we really want to see is him just skate through everyone and finish on a sick backhand.

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