{"id":521555,"date":"2026-03-13T17:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T17:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/521555\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T17:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T17:32:10","slug":"will-oilers-superstar-connor-mcdavid-be-adding-enforcer-to-his-resume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/521555\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Oilers Superstar Connor McDavid Be Adding ‘Enforcer’ To His R\u00e9sum\u00e9?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some McJesus fanboys might be a little upset with this one.<\/p>\n

PublishedMarch 13, 2026 10:05 AM EDT\u2022UpdatedMarch 13, 2026 10:05 AM EDT<\/p>\n

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Edmonton Oilers superstar Connor McDavid has a rare aura about him.<\/p>\n

He does things at least once a night that make you think he’s playing a different sport from everyone else around him.<\/p>\n

From his otherworldly speed to his superhuman vision and anticipation, the man has earned the nickname “McJesus”<\/a> for a reason.<\/p>\n

READ: Connor McDavid Shuts Down Reporter Who Asked The Dumbest Question Of All Time<\/a><\/p>\n

But, after Thursday night’s tilt with one of the Western Conference’s hottest teams, the Dallas Stars, there’s a good chance McDavid will be trying to add “enforcer” to his already long r\u00e9sum\u00e9.<\/p>\n

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I’m going to say something at the risk of upsetting a ton of Connor McDavid fanboys, but I came away from this bout wholly unimpressed.<\/p>\n

I know McDavid isn’t exactly a fighter, and I can genuinely say without looking it up that this is the first time I’ve seen him try to fight someone, but I was expecting a lot more with the ALL CAPS heading and the double exclamation point emojis in the social media post.<\/p>\n

Maybe I should be directing my anger at ESPN instead of McJesus, but I digress.<\/p>\n

For crying out loud, I know it’s an expression in hockey \u2013 one that I use quite often \u2013 but he didn’t even “drop the gloves.”<\/p>\n

To me, this was just a classic scrum at the end of the period that got a little more heated than usual. Nothing to see here, folks.<\/p>\n

While I wasn’t buying the hype, folks in the comments section were split.<\/p>\n

Some saw this as another reason McJesus is the goat, while others didn’t see what the hype was about.<\/p>\n

READ: Connor McDavid Makes His Teammate Look Like A Beer Leaguer At Practice<\/a><\/p>\n

I’m not sure why McDavid was so angry, either.<\/p>\n

Sure, he and his teammates were on the wrong end of a 5-2 beatdown through two periods, and would end up conceding a couple more goals in a 7-2 defeat, but the Oilers have routinely eaten Dallas’ lunch these past few years, particularly in the playoffs.<\/p>\n

You would think it would be the Stars trying to work out a little frustration on the team that has prevented them from reaching the Stanley Cup Finals the last couple of postseasons.<\/p>\n

Regardless, I don’t think Connor McDavid will be getting into many more fights anytime soon if this featherweight bout was any indicator.<\/p>\n

Give him credit though, he at least answered the bell to protect his teammate’s honor.<\/p>\n

Stick to winning silver medals and Clarence S. Campbell Bowls, McJesus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some McJesus fanboys might be a little upset with this one. PublishedMarch 13, 2026 10:05 AM EDT\u2022UpdatedMarch 13,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":521556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-521555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}