CONNOR MCDAVID

Every Hockey Canada event, the first day you just do a thousand interviews. You get used to it.

My expectations on myself exceed any of those put on me.

You look at all the elite players around the League, the guys that are responsible defensively, the guys that can score at will, they kind of do it all.

I'm trying to work on it - not cheating, stopping in the 'D' zone, all that kind of stuff.

Edmonton has such a great history. It makes coming to the rink special to know those former players wore the jersey and had so much success here.

I'm definitely not one of those guys that's chirping the guys that dress super nice, because you know, there's guys out there in the league - and on my team in fact - that have great style. And I'm just like, 'go for it, man, you look good!'

If you're putting the puck in an awkward place for someone, that's right away, advantage: you.

Obviously, losing isn't fun. It's not fun for anybody. I'm no different.

If you're tanking to get a higher draft pick, you really shouldn't be playing hockey.

As a teenager you've got a lot of stuff going on all the time. It's hard to find a couple extra hours of sleep.

Playing in the OHL, people expect you to get a ton of points. When you go out and have a good game it's almost like people expect that out of you.

It's always tough when you're off the ice for a while when you've got to come back because you can't replicate the type of cardio that you need to play hockey and you can't really replicate skating at all. You can run as many stairs, or bike as many whatever on your spin bike as you want, but you can't replicate it at all.

I can multitask.

We want to play in the playoffs as a team.

The beauty of hockey players is that they make everyone feel included and make everyone feel a part of it.

I'm sure personal accolades are nice and you appreciate them very much. But it's about winning Cups and winning Olympics and winning World Cups and that kind of thing.

Honestly, I felt pressure more when I was a lot younger.

He's Bobby Orr - he's been through it all. Whatever he says, you listen. If you ask a question, you're dying to hear the answer, trying to figure out any piece of information that made him successful.

I think I'm a guy that can relate to everyone and is fairly close with everyone on the team and can try to help bring guys together. That's what I tried to focus on when I was in Erie and I felt everyone was a part of the team. I definitely try to lead that way; I'm not the big rah-rah guy.

It's all about team accolades.

I definitely still work on my skating a lot.

It's important that the Oilers are contributing to the community.

I'm not a big nickname guy.

My dad gave me this advice: 'Make what you want to do for the rest of your life the first thing you do in the day and then worry about hanging out with friends.'

Any time you give up two shorthanded goals, you're not usually going to win.