It took 22 years but infamous Edmonton Oilers draft pick Marc-Antoine Pouliot has finally got the best of his draft day nemesis, Zach Parise.

For all the unending, sometimes angry criticism that the Oilers got for drafting Quebec junior star Pouliot ahead of Parise, a strong two-way centre in the U.S. National Jr. team program, Pouliot has successfull7 played the long game here. He is superior to Parise in one important hockey category: career longevity.

Pouliot just concluded his 20th season as a pro. Parise’s pro career ended after the 2023-24 season, 19 pro seasons, one in the AHL, 18 in the NHL, where he played 1254 regular sesaon games, scoring 889 points. No doubt — and it’s not close — he was the superior player of the two.

Pouliot played just 192 NHL games, 176 of them with th

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