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Seixeiro Back at it With Another Obnoxious McDavid Take, Oilers Fans Not Biting
One host continually tries to trigger Oilers fans by talking about the inevitable future of Connor McDavid. It’s getting old.
There are few things worse than a media personality who keeps hammering a tired narrative for the sake of clicks or views. It’s not our intention, and more often than not we’re curating reports from insider sources, but we at NHL Trade Talk have been accused of it from time to time. That said, few are guiltier than Sid Seixeiro.
The podcast host is at it again, rage-baiting the Edmonton Oilers fan base about the future of Connor McDavid. Continuing to work the storyline that McDavid will leave, Seixeiro has become known for his line, “Connor McDavid isn’t going to put up with this much longer.” This time, he jumped on an overtime loss and a 9-7 win against the Vancouver Canucks in the first two games of the Oilers’ 2026-27 season. Calling the current Oilers roster a managerial disaster, he blamed Ken Holland, Stan Bowman, Jeff Jackson, and Darryl Katz, then dared fans to debate him about the inevitability that McDavid will leave Edmonton.
“Here’s the part that is now undeniable, and no one can debate me on this,” started Seixeiro. “Connor McDavid is leaving Edmonton because you cannot fix this in two years defensively.”
“He’s leaving. He’s leaving,” emphasized the host. He argued that while other teams in the Pacific Division have built out their defense and goaltending, the Oilers have dropped the ball on this for half a decade. “Whether you trade him after the season or he just walks, he’s leaving.”
He jumped on the comeback the Oilers allowed before pulling out a win, saying that was as much on the defense as it was on Devon Levi. He said it’s easy to scapegoat the goaltending, but there’s more to it. “This team is a joke in net and a joke on the blue line.” He then said there’s no way that McDavid sticks it out. “Connor McDavid is going to walk from that market.”
Seixerio’s Take is So Tired
It’s fair to argue that McDavid is frustrated. What isn’t fair is to continually proclaim that McDavid is going to bail on the only NHL team he’s ever known. Seixeiro has been doing this for years, often suggesting the Maple Leafs are a destination McDavid would look at, but the Oilers captain has never suggested he’s leaving, nor has he ever asked for a trade. In fact, he’s done the opposite every time there’s a hurdle: he digs in.
McDavid and the Oilers went to two Stanley Cup Finals in consecutive seasons. When it didn’t go well in 2025-26, McDavid helped spearhead a plan to change the coaching and the way the team plays in order to maintain a level of play that helped them push to within games of two championships. McDavid is invested. He’s hardly going to bail the second something goes wrong, which by the way, was expected.
The Babcock changeover was never going to be seamless; everyone knew it. Two games do not equate to a sky-is-falling situation, even if the players and the coach are aware there is a lot of work to do.
John Shannon was a guest on Oilers Now and said the team is going to be good, “But I also think it’s going to take time for Mike Babcock’s coaching style to get through. Just because he’s had a two-week training camp and two more games with the veterans, that doesn’t mean they understand everything. That doesn’t mean they don’t fall back into some ugly habits that you and I have seen over the last 15 years.” He added, “It takes time.”
Seixeiro Is Looking for a Reaction
The fact that Seixeiro tells fans to use his comments section to debate him makes it more than obvious what he’s trying to do. He is well aware that continually bringing up McDavid’s exit is good for business and gets people riled up. Comments on the post showed how quickly people saw through what he was trying to accomplish.
“Sid, stop trying to be Stephen A. Smith,” wrote Bleed Oil Blue. “You said this like 6 years ago lol,” wrote another viewer.
Others bought a little bit, but not all the way. “Horrible take… we’re two games in. And over the previous three seasons they’ve been to two Stanley Cup Finals. As long as they have an opportunity in the postseason to win, he stays. You think he was interviewing coaches because he plans to leave? He’s fully invested and part of big decisions. The only way he leaves is if Oilers start missing the playoffs or fall completely flat in the 1st round. He will keep cutting short-term deals until he gets his Cup, and as long as Edmonton has a competitive team that has a shot to win, he will keep cutting those deals with the Oilers.”
“Professional rage baiter,” wrote another.
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