McDavid, Marner were among the top picks in the 2015 draft in South Florida.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. Looking comfortable and relaxed in a white T-shirt, Mitch Marner sidled up to his podium at a luxury resort with the beach behind him and said what any Canadian might have said after abandoning the frigid north in the dead of winter.forward said as the NHL’s all-star weekend began in South Florida. “Seeing the sunshine, it's been fun.”
McDavid thought the same thing. “I remember my draft day. We actually rented Sea-Doos, and were kind of bombing out there, bombing around out there with my family. So that was fun. It's come full circle.” Winnipeg defenceman Josh Morrissey was asked if he could spell Tkachuk. He couldn't, adding an extra c before the last k. Chandler Stephenson, essentially a Vegas journeyman who was a willing warm body, basically apologized for being here instead of injured Seattle rookie Matty Beniers. “Very honoured. Too bad that it's in place of Matty,” he said.
Vegas coach Pete DeBoer got into the jocular spirit, saying at one point the coaches at the event were going to do what they always do with star players: “Coach the skill right out of them.” Then it was noted he had been fired as coach of the Florida Panthers in 2011.
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