How Macklin Celebrini’s early career has (eerily) mirrored one of NHL’s best

SAN JOSE — Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid was labeled a generational talent when he came into the NHL in 2015 and within two years, had a 100-point season, led his team back to the playoffs after a decade-long morass and captured the Hart Trophy. Roughly a decade later, center Macklin Celebrini is in position to do all those same things — maybe in a more impressive fashion — as he and the San Jose Sharks get ready to face McDavid and the Oilers in a tantalizing matchup between two of the league’s top scorers on Thursday in Edmonton. “(McDavid’s) the engine for the team, the heart and soul, with the puck, without the puck, the hardest worker every day in...