Welcome to McDavid's!
No, it's not the planned downtown cocktail lounge being built by the wife of Connor McDavid — rather, a busy fast food restaurant on the south side has rebranded in honour of the Edmonton Oilers captain.
In celebration of his heart-pounding overtime winning goal at the 4 Nations Face-Off finale last week, McDonald’s Canada made good on a deal to honour Connor McDavid.
"ok @cmcdavid97 how about this... if you bring the cup back to Canada we’ll turn an Edmonton McD’s into a McDavid’s. Deal?" the fast food giant tweeted last summer during the Oilers' 2024 Stanley Cup playoff run.
While the team was unable to secure that win, McDavid did seal the deal for Team Canada during the 4 Nations best-on-best tournament against players from the United States, Finland, and Sweden.
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Afterwards, McDonald's quoted their previous tweet from last summer with an update: "still can't stop thinking about that shot. golden goal 🤝 golden arches. see you all at McDavid’s in Edmonton, AB and in Newmarket, ON in honour of our hometown hero - opening this week!!!"