Full clip of McDavid's expletive-filled rant at Oilers teammates drops

[Nadal On Clay]

He should take leadership classes from Crosby.

 

[archangel2]

How is this even remotely controversial? lol

It is not

 

[BelovedIsles]

I love seeing that passion, especially from a leader (let alone, one of the best players ever).

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Yeah I don’t blame him either.
Different leadership styles but clearly he cares.
He also knows that his legacy depends on winning a Cup or two and all of the guys above him on the all time list had a Cup by his age. And who knows if he ever gets a chance as good as that in his career. Sports is so unpredictable and a lot of things went right for the team to get to game 7.

 

[tanti9]

I had my questions about McDavid's leadership ability up until last year. I am a Canuck fan so only followed McDavid lightly and through others evaluation of him and I thought he was a whiner. Until the Canucks series when he took those 2 crosschecks from Soucy and Zadorov and he stated the next day that it was just playoff hockey. I am not getting into an argument if he deserved it or a suspension was warranted, I just respected what he said. The clip on Amazon in the finals, again I believe he deserves some respect. He showed some emotion which many people complain he never does. The way McDavid plays and dominates the games and HAS shown passion should be commended. He is a special player and knows the Stanley Cup will cement his legacy and is driven to achieve that goal. I for one hope he does not achieve that goal as I want the Canucks to win lol.

 

[Based Anime Fan]

He lost the room with the 5th F-bomb. He'll learn from it.

Tell us, what was it like playing for Edmonton last season? You seem to have been there in the room at that time, tell us stories of that run.

 

[End on a Hinote]

Just Crosby fanboys.

Ironic, because Crosby literally got the same treatment earlier is his career.

 

[ChaoticOrange]

If any one thinks that this stuff isn’t always going in playoff locker rooms after big losses, you’re delusional

Good grief

our team captain in beer league had a full fledged meltdown because he fired a waist high pass at a guy and he couldn't knock it into the net.

This happens in all sports at all levels.

Trying to get the cup was more so a reference to him not wanting to get into a lull of comfort with the oilers being so close last year and believing they can coast in the reg season/not form winning habits to get the cup

Mcdavid making the speech down 2-0 or 3-0 and then making having the series go to game 7 where they lose 2-1 is what makes it so impressive along with his individual dominance in game 4 and 5 wins.

If the series was 1-1 or 2-2 then anyone can make that speech and go out and try to win. Making it when your basically written out and everyone is sayings its panthers in 4 was ballsy, with him almost getting it done

This year his focus will be finding how he and the oilers can try to get it done when so close. Other teams are trying to get to that stage and oilers are trying to push 1 step forward, while panthers want to retain and defend.

Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is as close to winning as the oilers were last year.

Players go their entire careers without getting as close as the Oilers did last year.

I loved the fire, personally.

 

[dragonballgtz]

Better than this speech by Zetterberg. Different level of importance but man oh man what a snooze fest Z's speech was.

I'm a Red Wings fan and I kept questioning Z's leadership qualities. Maybe it was due to having Yzerman and then Lidstrom as captains... but Z felt like a dip in leadership pedigree

 

[SantosHalper]

McDavid:

 

[Figgy44]

I don't have an issue with what CMD was doing, but the fact his teammates just wandered around like he was on mute made the video really weird.

I mean, their actions almost made it look like it was a video clip of a villain doing a monologue.

 

[Heldig]

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/mcdavid-oilers-teammate-rant

That is cringy. Opposite of leadership.

 

[Heldig]

No problem with him yelling, a leader needs to keep his team accountable. The only weird thing is everyone else in the room just going about their business and acting like he's not even there.

I think you made your own point by mistake.

Leaders dont scream and swear like that. Why? The team just ignored it for what it was. A temper tantrum. If that was a scrub instead of the best player in the world the leader in the locker room would have escorted him out of the dressing room and calmed him down.

 

[Cup or Bust]

I can promise you every player on the Oilers loved that he did that. It is the Cup finals. When a top player like that on your hockey team talks or gets angry when your team is not playing up to it's potential especially in games that are that important, every player listens and it means a ton because they are not usually the most vocal guys. Anyone that thinks players ignored him or were not listening don't know what they are talking about.

 

[Figgy44]

I think you made your own point by mistake.

Leaders dont scream and swear like that. Why? The team just ignored it for what it was. A temper tantrum. If that was a scrub instead of the best player in the world the leader in the locker room would have escorted him out of the dressing room and calmed him down.

Or maybe it's both? I've heard plenty of stories of leaders quietly walking out of the room and this fires up the teammates who feel bad to have let their leader down. I've heard plenty of stories of leaders screaming, kicking and throwing things and stories from others in the room about how this fired up the team.

But I kinda agree that this is a weird mixture of both. It shows passion from CMD, but the teammates are kinda behaving like it's a temper tantrum that they'd prefer to ignore. Not a single person added or seemed to pull energy from what CMD was doing.

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

I saw the clip of McDavid and the Oilers crying in the locker room after Game 7. Can't imagine how much that must hurt after getting so close. One thing you can never question with McDavid is how badly he wants to win that cup. I really hope they pull it off this year.

Or maybe it's both? I've heard plenty of stories of leaders quietly walking out of the room and this fires up the teammates who feel bad to have let their leader down. I've heard plenty of stories of leaders screaming, kicking and throwing things and stories from others in the room about how this fired up the team.

But I kinda agree that this is a weird mixture of both. It shows passion from CMD, but the teammates are kinda behaving like it's a temper tantrum that they'd prefer to ignore. Not a single person added or seemed to pull energy from what CMD was doing.

What do you expect them to do? Start pumping their fists in the air and let out a war cry? McDavid is the leader and they're listening to him.

They pulled energy the very next 4 games where they outplayed Florida in Game 3 (but got goalied) and then won 3 straight.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

What do you expect them to do? Start pumping their fists in the air and let out a war cry?

That's what happened in the GEICO commercial.

 

[Peltz]

Doing his best Michael Jordan impression, but without the track record of success.

He won the conn smythe as the best player in the playoffs.

 

[Figgy44]

I saw the clip of McDavid and the Oilers crying in the locker room after Game 7. Can't imagine how much that must hurt after getting so close. One thing you can never question with McDavid is how badly he wants to win that cup. I really hope they pull it off this year.


What do you expect them to do? Start pumping their fists in the air and let out a war cry? McDavid is the leader and they're listening to him.

They pulled energy the very next 4 games where they outplayed Florida in Game 3 (but got goalied) and then won 3 straight.

All other clips I've seen at least has some type of "hear hear", nods, or at least players/staff stopping what they're doing and giving undivided attention to what is being said or similar from somewhere else off screen or otherwise. No need to start screaming together, but the silence from everyone else an ignoring him in that clip was really weird to me.

In case it wasn't apparent, I'm defending CMD. I'm just also confused by the clip.

I saw the game 7 clip too. That one seemed far more normal than this one. Obviously something happened and it's not like this clip was a situation where what he was doing didn't have an effect. I'm just saying I've never seen a clip like that and it was bizarre and jarring to me. The only explanation I have is that maybe it was one of those situations where they had a limited amount of time to get to the airport and everyone was rushing to accomplish that, hence the lack of undivided attention?

 

[Peltz]

It's pretty remarkable just how good he's been as a player. You really can't ask anything more from him.

Florida was just that good as a team along with their goaltending. He probably had the best playoffs in the post-cap world of any player last year.

All other clips I've seen at least has some type of "hear hear", nods, or at least players/staff stopping what they're doing and giving undivided attention to what is being said or similar from somewhere else off screen or otherwise. No need to start screaming together, but the silence from everyone else an ignoring him in that clip was really weird to me.

If you haven't seen this movie (called Moneyball) you should check it out. It's a fun one and this scene reminds me of the McDavid clip.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Common Opie, emebed the tweet video

What's up with the doofus just walking up and closing the curtains, then just standing there?

 

[Voight]

The context is that despite his greatness, even Jordan couldn’t win until he had the right pieces around him. Nothing about that would’ve changed had he started in the NBA 2 or 3 years earlier, like you’re seemingly trying to suggest. This fact is either lost on you, or you’re just trying really hard to double down on your lame failed slight on McDavid because you want to save face. Take the L.

You're the one saying Jordan at the same age hadn't won anything... completely ignoring the fact that he entered his league at 21 and not 18. Your "gotcha" attempt didn't work. Take the L.

RE bolded... that's not what I'm suggesting at all.

 

[SeaChaser]

What is the issue with this? He is the captain, he should get in their face. If he didn't, rip the "C" off.

 

[blankall]

Hard to know what to think of this without context. If this is an every day occurrence, it's not really acceptable. If it's him showing some passion, as the Oilers are on the verge of winning/losing the cup, then it's something a captain should do. He's not bullying any specific players, as far as I can tell. What I did notice, was that the other players in the room seem to be avoiding or ignoring McDavid.

You can't deny McDavid had one of the greatest playoff performances of all time and props to Florida for holding him to zero points in those last two games.

 

[daver]

Tell us, what was it like playing for Edmonton last season? You seem to have been there in the room at that time, tell us stories of that run.

You probably would be better at imagining it since you think my remark had an ounce of seriousness to it.