Connor McDavid has been facing a ton of public backlash for his recent actions against the Canucks, but he has a lot of support on his side. Both Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers and Tyler Myers of the Vancouver Canucks <a href='https://www.hockeylatest.com/nhl-team/edmonton-oilers/connor-mcdavid-faces-automatic-hearing-after-dangerous-and-dirty-incident-per-elliotte-friedman' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>will face hearings for their respective crosschecking match penalties</a> in Saturday night's game, but ex-NHL players are coming to McDavid's defense. <h3>Chris Pronger loves what Connor McDavid did</h3> Ex-Oiler Chris Pronger, who used to be an official at NHL Player Safety, <a href='https://edmontonjournal.com/sports/hockey/nhl/cult-of-hockey/connor-mcdavid-suspension-tyler-myers-edmonton-oilers-vancouver-canucks-nhl-player-safety' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>doesn't seem to have an issue with what McDavid did</a>. «Actually love it. Needs to do this more often, maybe not to the level of suspension like this, but it will give him some extra space. Teams key on taking time and space away from him and try to frustrate him. Taking it into your own hands is good sometimes.» - Chris Pronger <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/chrispronger/status/1881030136881136116'> </a></blockquote></div> Former NHLer Jordan Schmaltz also chimed in and believes McDavid did nothing wrong. «McJesus two chins in one week!! Bringing the criminal element!!.» He later added, «My prediction? In this climate it will be 1 game for the best player in the world but honestly it shouldn't be anything. Bad for ratings and league revenue sharing.» - Jordan Schmaltz <h3>Former Stanley Cup champion loves what McDavid did</h3> Ex-NHL center and Stanley Cup champ Mike Rupp, now an NHL Network analyst, chimed in and felt McDavid did nothing wrong, and absolutely loved his play. «Does anyone else NOT have a problem w/what McDavid did here? Or even low key LOVED it? Just curious Also, I love the compete in the closing seconds of game 46 for EDM, 97 is life or death to tie that game up. Can't teach that stuff, especially to super stars. You 'got it' or you don't.» - Mike Rupp <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/Rupper17/status/1881007248484471261'> </a></blockquote></div> <h3>Former Maple Leaf Carlo Colaiacovo stands up for McDavid</h3> Former Leaf Carlo Colaiacovo has absolutely no problem at all with what McDavid did. «No problem at all. No one hurt or injured. More star players should stick up for themselves.» - Carlo Colaiacovo Even one of the most recognizable faces on TV, Sid Seixeiro, chimed in and absolutely is on board with how <a href='https://www.nhl.com/oilers/player/connor-mcdavid-8478402' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>McDavid</a> acted. «Connor McDavid's the best player in the world. If the refs aren't going to stop this from happening I'm fine with how 97 reacted. 100% fine with it.» - Sid Seixeiro It definitely appears that McDavid has tons of support from former players and TV personalities, however it is unlikely that the league is looking at it in the same way, and we will find out shortly the verdict on how this all plays out.