Connor McDavid is the next big thing in the NHL. Leading the league in scoring in his first full NHL season is a huge moment in NHL history, and this year will likely be looked back on for a long time.
Many people will want to remember this year, which is why it makes sense that people will pay a lot for memorabilia from this time. By a lot, we mean 6x more than any other player in the league. As you can see below, McDavid’s game-used, autographed playoff stick sold for $3,860 – that’s in USD, so it would actually be $5,183 in Canadian dollars.
This isn't the most his stick has sold for on NHL.com, as his rookie stick did sell for $5,710 last season. Here are some more details on this stick from the site:
“This stick was used by Connor McDavid for one of the Edmonton Oilers playoff games of the 2016-17 season. The game was played against the San Jose Sharks in the first round of the 2017 playoffs. It is a CCM Supertacks left handed stick with MCDAVID on the shaft. This stick was hand signed by Connor following the game.”
So, it doesn’t say which game he used it in against the Sharks, but you would just hope it was Game 2 or Game 6, where he scored his first two NHL playoff goals.
The next closest stick to sell in the NHL’s “Recently Closed” section is Vladimir Tarasenko’s (Not a playoff stick), which sold for $620.
Now there are a couple that will get closer than Tarasenko’s – two bids that are currently ongoing are already past it. Patrik Laine has a game-used stick from the regular season that’s currently at $1,000 and Alexander Ovechkin has a stick currently at $700. Auston Matthews’ World Cup stick is also currently tied with Tarasenko at $620.
Now, where does that rank among other sticks? Well, Gretzky’s childhood stick sold for $38,838 in 2013, so McDavid still has a long way to go to reach the tops, but he has a long time to reach that point.
Still, if anybody from the McDavid family reads this, probably hold onto those childhood sticks.
