Fan comes from the word “fanatic.” Sometimes it’s easy to forget that amid milder displays of sports interest ... and then there are those times when that term almost seems insufficient.
Edmonton Oilers superstar Connor McDavid has already encountered awkward fan love in the form of that wonderful photo that went viral. That hasn’t scared him off, yet, as he praised a fan’s very detailed tattoo of McDavid via his Instagram account.
Again, the level of detail is really ... something:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXG0ASJBrwX/?taken-by=mcdavid97
It’s been a busy time for McDavid, who recently posed for a photo with star Canadian athletes Eugenie Bouchard and Aaron Sanchez:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXEZ8g4B-uH/?taken-by=mcdavid97
TSN has a fun cross-sports video of McDavid teaching them to shoot pucks, if you’re interested.