McDavid think Yamamoto can learn something from DeBrincat

Connor McDavid played an excellent year with Alex DeBrincat, the Chicago Blackhawks winger, with the Erie Otters, but admits that he was skeptical when he first introduced himself with the junior OHL team. It weighed about as much as a full hockey equipment bag.

"It's proven me wrong, because when Sherry Basin (former Erie's general manager) came to tell us," I've found this new winger so you can play with ". I looked at him and thought: "He will not be able to play. , & # 39; & # 39; said McDavid. "But he scores 50 that year, 50 the next and 50 (actually 65) .He is in the NHL and everyone says he's too small and that he scores almost 30 goals last season. "

"He proved that people were wrong at every turn."

The 5-foot-7 and 165-pound DeBrincat could be a model for Oilers winger Kailer Yamamoto, who weighs about 10 pounds less but the same size.

Absolutely, according to McDavid.

"I think Yamo can learn a lesson from his book (DeBrincat). DeBrincat has this dynamism that you can not teach and if you want to be a smaller player in this league, you have to have a small chip on your shoulder and he (DeBrincat) has it. Many little players have that.

DeBrincat should have been a first-round pick in 2016 but slipped to second place (39th overall) because he was small and the teams were also myopic.

The Hawks had given their first match to Philadelphia via Winnipeg, but made a wise choice in the second round, of course.

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