He might not have played a regular-season NHL game yet, but that hasn’t stopped Connor McDavid from climbing the ranks of Canadian sports cover stars. By headlining the current issue of Sportsnet magazine—NHL Preview: The 50 Most Important Players—the Oilers No. 1 pick scored his third SN magazine cover, his second in the past four months.
And if he comes anywhere close to living up to the hype and promise of his junior hockey career, there’s probably a couple more in his future …