Edmonton general manager Craig MacTavish was predictably pumped after his team won the NHL draft lottery and the chance to pick Connor McDavid at the 2015 selection process.
“Any team would have been over the moon about winning the lottery. We’re the same. It’s a game-changer,” he said.
Yes … it is perhaps. If there’s one organization that should caution success over drafting No. 1, it is Edmonton. Taylor Hall was a game-changer. Just like Ryan Nugent-Hopkins was. And Nail Yakupov – though maybe less than the previous two.
NHL Network launched an entire series about the Oilers and their rebuild.