Always had a soft spot for Ryan Murray as one of my most tangential NHL connections - my wife worked with his mom.
Anyhow, it's a pretty minor "What if?" of hockey history but I wonder what would've happened in the alternate universe where the Oilers draft prairie-born, Oiler-fan Murray over Yakupov in the 2012 draft? Is he still injury prone? Does that team do better with a defensive defenceman? One thing's for certain - unless he's traded, he doesn't get his name on the Cup (though not sure he did last year based on games played - team may have to petition for him to be added?)
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