DALLAS -- Everything about Dylan Holloway and Darnell Nurse sitting next to each other on an elevated dais at the Western Conference finals said quite a bit before either one of them answered a single question.
Between them, they represent so much of what the Edmonton Oilers have done to build around their generational superstars, Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid.
It's important to have homegrown talent in today's NHL, and the Oilers have that. They selected Nurse with the No. 7 pick in 2013 -- a year before Draisaitl and two years before McDavid -- which shows how long the Oilers have been trying to build through the draft.