SUNRISE, Fla. — Leon Draisaitl has been repeatedly asked about Connor McDavid ever since the pair first hit the ice together as teammates in 2015.

Fast-forward some nine years later, not much has changed.

And that continues to suit the big German just fine.

Draisaitl, McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers open the Stanley Cup final on Saturday against the Florida Panthers — the culmination of nearly a decade together in the Alberta capital.