EDMONTON, Alberta -- Stay away, Connor McDavid. Stay far, far away.
Because this is the place, young man, where fine young hockey players such as yourself come not to thrive but, rather, to throw away all their promise. It's where first (overall draft pick) leads directly to worst (team in the NHL). It's where, in three consecutive summers, the consensus premier amateur on the face of the globe arrived with all kinds of fanfare, but still the city awaits its first playoff game in eight excruciating years.
A bit harsh?
Maybe.
But here, look for yourself at the past drafting decade of these most moribund Edmonton Oilers, the Penguins' opponent here tonight at Rexall Place, and attempt to explain being a combined 80 games under .500 the past six seasons, including 14-28-9 in the current one:
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