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But face it: no team has had more good fortune, and done less with it, than the Oilers who, don’t forget, have also had the No. 3 (Leon Draisaitl) and No. 7 (Darnell Nurse) overall selections in their, um, off-years.

So why wouldn’t the GMs want to lock the Oilers’ barn door before another thoroughbred slips in and promptly disappears?

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Not that Connor McDavid has disappeared. But give the Oil time: they could make it happen yet.

St. Louis Blues GM Doug Armstrong told the Toronto Sun’s Mike Zeisberger that he’d be in favour of a five-year waiting period before a lucky lottery winner could pick first overall again.

“I think people are concerned that the wrong teams are being rewarded based on luck,” Armstrong said. “The theory is that if you finish last you always have a chance to win the lottery, so if you finish last three years in a row, you can win the lottery three years in a row. But if you didn’t finish last and win the lottery, you can’t do it again for another five years.

“I’d be moderately flexible on the number of years. But here’s my point … you can get lucky in winning the lottery once but that’s it.”

Nashville GM David Poile said he’s “open for those type of discussions.”

It wouldn’t be the first time the league adopted an Oiler Rule.

In the mid-80s, with Wayne Gretzky conducting the orchestra, the Oilers were so automatic at scoring 4-on-4 when there were offsetting penalties that NHL governors amended the rule to allow teams to substitute another player to keep it 5-on-5 for coincidental minors.