‘Dig the f—‘ in,’ McDavid yells at teammates after Stanley Cup Final loss
Hockey parents thinking about watching Amazon Prime’s FACEOFF: Inside the NHL might want their young skaters to sit out at least part of one episode.
“That’s not f—ing good enough. It’s the f—ing finals,” he says, removing gear alongside teammates in a hushed room.
“Dig the f— in, right f—ing now,” he screams at the top of his lungs.
Such emotional outbursts in any sports locker room following a crucial game won’t shock any sports fan, but coming from McDavid — who talks about being “called boring” and “a robot’ during the series, adding “It’s tough, it’s challenging” — is certainly a removal from his normally calm public demeanour.
McDavid haters suggested his voice doesn’t command attention and that he sounded as if he were about to cry.
(Spoiler: the series does show McDavid weeping after the Game 7 loss in Florida, with teammate and long-time Oiler Ryan Nugent-Hopkins consoling him as the Avett Brothers’ song If It’s the Beaches plays over the scene.)
“I’m glad to see McDavid has this kind of ferociousness in him. There’s no way he or his team would have almost won the Cup in Game Seven if he lacked it. Of course, there’s no way he would have become the player he is without that fire burning so bright in his head and heart.”
McDavid’s reputation for being bland was dealt a blow thanks to his wedding to interior designer Lauren Kyle in Muskoka, Ont., this summer.
Overlaid text on the clip reads: “Connor McDavid finally beating the ‘boring hockey guy’ allegations.”
Not just for Oil Country
The six-part series, which debuted Friday, isn’t solely dedicated to the Oilers and their near-historic but ultimately ill-fated run to the Cup final.
The first episode explores the rivalry between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins via in-depth looks at respective stars William Nylander and Davis Pastraňák. The series then shifts south of the border, looking at the lives of the Las Vegas Knights centre Jack Eichel and the Nashville Predators’ Filip Forsberg.
The final two episodes — Cup or Bust parts 1 and 2 — take viewers into the playoffs and are when McDavid’s verbal onslaught turns up.
A final note to parents on the new Prime show: While the viral clips, so far, are censored, the actual docu-series is not.
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