Conner McDonald ready to step up on Oil Kings blue line

Under normal circumstances, going from a championship contender to a bottom dweller would not seem a rousing proposition.
Yet, defenceman Conner McDonald was excited when traded from the Kamloops Blazers to the Edmonton Oil Kings midway through last season.
Overnight, McDonald went from being a supporting cast member to cornerstone of a rebuild.
“In a lot of other places I wouldn’t have gotten the opportunity that I did here,” McDonald said at Oil Kings training camp, which con