EDMONTON -- Connor McDavid has come a long way in his quest to win a Stanley Cup with the Edmonton Oilers and is hoping to move one win closer when they play the Florida Panthers in Game 2 of the Cup Final at Rogers Place on Friday (8 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, TNT, truTV, MAX).

April 18, 2015, turned out to be a fateful day for the franchise when the lotto ball came up orange and blue to move them from the third pick to the first pick in the NHL Draft Lottery.

It wasn't exactly a state secret the Oilers were going to wind up selecting the junior sensation, who was described as a generational talent the likes of which hadn't been seen since Sidney Crosby, who the Pittsburgh Penguins selected first in the 2005 NHL Draft.

So it's understandable that the entire city was celebrating well ah

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