Connor McDavid's wife just added fuel to major Montreal rumors
Connor McDavid is in Montreal this week, and his wife Lauren Kyle quietly confirmed it on Instagram Monday with a story that's now lighting up every hockey corner of the city.
The Oilers captain is in town for the Formula 1 Grand Prix. That's the official reason. But the timing has Montreal fans doing math they probably shouldn't be doing.
Kyle's story laid it out plainly. A cancelled flight. Seventeen hours of travel. Another flight, a six-hour drive, and finally, Montreal.
She wrote it like a travel diary. Hockey Twitter read it like a tea leaf.
Maxime Truman had already reported earlier this week that McDavid would be in Montreal for the F1 weekend. The wife post just sealed it.
And the optics? Loud. McDavid is roaming the streets of a hockey-mad city while his own Oilers are already packed up for the summer.
What McDavid sees in Montreal that Edmonton can't offer right now
Edmonton finished 14th overall at 41-30-11. The Oilers were knocked out in the first round by Anaheim, dropping that series 4-2 after starting at home.
McDavid carries a $12.5 million cap hit and just put up 138 points in 82 games. He's the fourth-highest paid player in the league. The Oilers are still chasing a Cup they can't seem to grab.
His playoffs lasted six games. One goal, five assists, a -8 rating. Not the script anyone in Edmonton wanted.
Meanwhile, Montreal finished 48-24-10 for 106 points. A different energy. A different city. A different kind of pressure, but the productive kind, the kind that comes with relevance.
McDavid's contract situation has been the loudest conversation in the NHL for months. Every public appearance gets dissected. This one will too.
Walking through Montreal in late May, in a city where hockey conversations spill out of every coffee shop, isn't nothing. It's a vibe check whether he wanted one or not.
Does that mean anything for July 1? Probably not. The F1 is the F1. People go.
But Lauren Kyle's casual little Instagram story did more than confirm a trip. It handed Montreal exactly the kind of "what if" oxygen this market thrives on.
And Edmonton fans, watching their captain stroll through a rival market while their team sits at home, can't be loving the visuals.
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| Andrei Svechnikov | 1 | - | 1 | |
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