Buffalo, N.Y. — When Dylan Strome was asked what advice he’d give an opponent who was tasked with covering Connor McDavid, he simply replied: “Good luck.”
Granted, Strome is somewhat biased, having played with McDavid as a member of the Erie Otters, but he was on the other side of the ice during the Canadian Hockey League’s Top Prospects game and he hasn’t forgotten the outcome.
“I know I got caught out there for about a minute-and-a-half shift and he was on the ice,” Strome recalled on Friday afternoon at the NHL Scouting Combine. “He made a pass right through my legs when I was in the slot and looking at him in the corner.