Jets' Maurice: No game plan can contain McDavid

You can't stop him, you can only hope to contain him.

That's Winnipeg Jets head coach Paul Maurice's point of view in regards to Connor McDavid as his club gets set to host the Edmonton Oilers.

"Everybody's had a game plan for this young man. It's not working. It's not going to work for the rest of his career," Maurice told reporters Thursday, per Jets TV.

What sets McDavid apart, Maurice opined, is that his hands and feet are on par, but at an entirely different level.

"Matching (his) speed is almost impossible. It's completely impossible to do from behind. You've got no chance if you're beside him. But if your timing is right and you can take away the clean options to him, you've got an outside chance," he said.

"Maybe there's somebody faster, I can't remember. Maybe there's somebody just as fast. But I don't think there's ever been a set of hands that went with that speed. That's a different animal."

McDavid, who was named the NHL's third star of the month for November, leads the league in scoring with 31 points through 24 games - five ahead of Jets center Mark Scheifele.