For the fourth time in six years, the Edmonton Oilers will be selecting first overall in the 2015 NHL draft, essentially winning the Connor McDavid sweepstakes. Here’s McDavid looking THRILLED to be an Oiler.
Edmonton will now have Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Nail Yakupov, and Connor McDavid all on the same team, but that’s no guarantee for any success. Probably the most pathetic organization in all of sports still can’t figure it out, getting four top draft picks is evidence of that. Connor McDavid has been sentenced to the worst punishment a man can get in professional hockey. Getting sent to Edmonton is the NHL equivalent of Siberia. Edmonton makes Buffalo look like a tropical paradise, and the Sabres like the Blackhawks by comparison. Speaking of Buffalo, they dropped a slot, but that doesn’t really matter. They’ve wanted Jack Eichel since the beginning, and now they’re getting him. Arizona and Toronto round out the top 4, and the Bruins remain in the 14 slot, despite the fact that I convinced myself over the past week that they would be cashing in on their 1% chance of landing the top pick. Check back a year from now when I’ll be able to copy and paste the same blog and Edmonton will be making their fifth top pick in seven years.
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