An interview between Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid and Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman and Kyle Bukauskas went viral late on Wednesday night, essentially driving many Edmonton Oilers fans to new heights of fear and anger over the possibility of McDavid not agreeing to a new deal here.

How did the story blow up so big, so fast?

Friedman and Bukauskas were perplexed and left wondering about that themselves, mainly because after the McDavid interview the two veteran broadcasters were both reasonably certain that McDavid hadn’t said much of anything new and that he was likely to sign with the Edmonton.

As Bukauskas put it: “He looked like a guy who was very much at peace and confident with where this was all going to go. I think he’s going to stay. Whether it’s two years, three

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