How Zach Hyman became a 50-goal scorer (Part 1)

The Oilers winger is both a unicorn & like every other elite scorer

Zach Hyman is a one-in-a-lifetime player:

• A late-round draft pick from a weak league (the OJHL)

• …who seldom scored until his senior NCAA year

• …who was a middle-six checker at 25

• …who signed a seemingly overpriced UFA deal at 29

• …and then became a 50-goal scorer for the first time at 31

In many ways Hyman is unique.

But as a goal scorer he’s like pretty much ev…