Connor McDavid has played for five coaches in his nine NHL seasons.
He's watched four walk out the door.
"It's very hard," the Edmonton Oilers captain said of a bench boss getting fired. "Professional sports, people sometimes forget the human side of it. There's a relationship there.
"These are people with families and it's hard."
It's also a part of the high-stakes game.
But how does the relationship change between a player, especially one in the leadership group like McDavid, who experienced Jay Woodcroft's dismissal last month after a disastrous start to the season, and a former coach when the dust settles?