With the Edmonton Oilers meeting the New York Rangers Thursday night, we’ve got three first overall picks on the playbill over the last 15 years. Article content

One generational player, Connor McDavid , 2015, who already has 1,096 points and is only 29 years old. Article content Article content

One touch-every-base forward, McDavid’s teammate Ryan Nugent Hopkins, 2011, who is 30 games from 1,000 and has 760 points.

And one average left-winger, Rangers Alexis Lafreniere, 2020, who is five years into his NHL career and may be what he appears to be a player who gets a point about every second game.

Teenagers who go first, run a very large gamut, especially here. Nail Yakupov (2012) loved playing hockey in the best league in the world but didn’t think the game well enough (350 gam

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