SUNRISE, Fla. — With the first pick in the 2015 Draft, the Edmonton Oilers were proud to select … Hope.
And joy. And pride. And excitement. And belief.
Take your pick.
After being stripped of almost everything that makes hockey fun during nine dark seasons of misery and frustration, Edmonton’s long-suffering fans found all of it again Friday evening on a stage in, appropriately enough, Sunrise, Fla.
Connor McDavid is an Oiler. And if everything they say about him is true, this changes everything.
The franchise opened what it hopes is a new and course-altering chapter in its history when it selected the Erie Otters centre first overall at the 2015 NHL Draft.