{"id":663512,"date":"2026-03-18T03:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T03:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/663512\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T03:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T03:32:11","slug":"celebrini-mcdavid-on-getting-to-know-each-other-at-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/663512\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrini, McDavid on Getting To Know Each Other at Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Connor McDavid had only compliments for Olympic linemate Macklin Celebrini ahead of their teams\u2019 matchup that could shake up the Pacific Division standings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether you know him or you don\u2019t, you got to defend him well,\u201d McDavid told the media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/oilers\/news\/preview-oilers-vs-sharks-03-16-26\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 16<\/a>. \u201cHe\u2019s a great player.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NHL\u2019s leading scorer didn\u2019t stop there. McDavid rattled off many positives about the teen San Jose Sharks superstar\u2019s game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust the little things that he does so well,\u201d McDavid said, \u201ca dog on a bone getting that puck back. Good on the forecheck, good along the wall. Keeps a ton of pucks alive. Super, super skilled. Shoots it really well. A great goal-scorer, can score from distance. It\u2019s impressive.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Celebrini, on how the Olympics have increased people&#8217;s awareness of him: &#8220;I mean, I don&#8217;t really know. I&#8217;m just playing hockey. I&#8217;m just trying to play as best as I can.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Almost) full post-morning skate interview here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rd5jyT9Rbs\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/rd5jyT9Rbs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sheng_Peng\/status\/2033986191545274531?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>McDavid observed that and more of Celebrini at the Olympics, where the two earned silver medals. Celebrini, who led Team Canada with five goals, said he and McDavid got to know each other well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the trip to Milan and playing with each other, talking with each other \u2026 we got pretty close,\u201d Celebrini said after the San Jose Sharks\u2019 morning skate Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrini has quickly impressed in his young NHL career. With 158 points (60 goals, 98 assists) in his first 135 games for the San Jose Sharks, he has matched McDavid\u2019s 157 points in the same amount of games at the beginning of his career.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DV_NHQHlsp3\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And the pair had similar comments for each others\u2019 off-ice personalities as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGetting to know him, he\u2019s a great kid,\u201d McDavid said. \u201cJust does everything right. [I] really, really enjoyed my time playing with him, getting to know him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a great person,\u201d Celebrini said. \u201cYou don\u2019t see that on TV or [from] watching him play. Everyone knows what kind of player he is, but he\u2019s awesome to be around, fun to talk with.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Connor McDavid had only compliments for Olympic linemate Macklin Celebrini ahead of their teams\u2019 matchup that could shake&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":586207,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[42],"tags":[2147,3260,1322,21393,293,3777,1328,62,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-663512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-canada","tag-connor-mcdavid","tag-featured","tag-macklin-celebrini","tag-nhl","tag-olympics","tag-san-jose-sharks","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116248074424164357","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}