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Edmonton Oilers World Cup Previews: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins

The World Cup of Hockey officially begins on September 17, and four Edmonton Oilers players will be participating in the tournament in the coming week.

We profiled and predicted how Connor McDavid will stack up in Monday’s piece, and now, we will take a glance at Ryan Nugent-Hopkins.

Team North America has players under the age of 23 from Canada and the USA. Experience for this team is lacking when compared to the other teams in the tourament, but the talent on the team alone gives them an upper hand.

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Only Nugent-Hopkins and Sean Couturier have played over 300 NHL games, and the moset experienced player after them is Brandon Saad (286).