McDavid hasn’t given scouts many reasons to doubt his abilities, however, as he was the most valuable player at the world under-18 tournament in April, setting a Canadian scoring record with 14 points in seven games to lead his team to a gold medal.

That performance helped get him an invite to the world junior camp this summer, and indications are he could become just the sixth 16-year-old to suit up for Canada this winter.

Only the third player in OHL history to be granted “exceptional player status” last year, to allow him to play major junior at 15, McDavid appears to be the latest young player to set to make good on the “Next One” designation.

“There weren’t really many too many expectations on me,” McDavid said of his rookie season with a rebuilding Otters team. “Now, it seems like there’s a lot of pressure. I’ve to be better than last year.”

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