Question: In the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, the second overall pick was selected by which team?

Context articles: 1987–88 Quebec Nordiques season
Paul Houck
Conner Bleackley
List of Nashville Predators draft picks
2000 NHL Entry Draft
2016 NHL Entry Draft
Jimmy Vesey
2006–07 Pittsburgh Penguins season
Patrik Laine
Steven Stamkos

Quebec made a huge trade during the 1987 NHL Entry Draft, as the Nordiques traded away Dale Hunter and Clint Malarchuk to the Washington Capitals for Gaetan Duchesne, Alan Haworth, and the Capitals first round draft pick in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft, in which the Nordiques selected Joe Sakic.
 Haworth had an injury plagued season in 1986–87, appearing in only 50 games, however, he scored 25 goals and 41 points.
 In 1985–86, Haworth had a career high 34 goals and 73 points for the Capitals.
 Duchesne had a career high 52 points with Washington in 1986–87, as he scored 17 goals and had 35 assists.
 Joe Sakic was the Nordiques second selection in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft, as he scored 60 goals and 133 points in 72 games with the Swift Current Broncos of the Western Hockey League (WHL), as Quebec selected Bryan Fogarty with their first pick.
 Fogarty had 70 points in 56 games with the Kingston Canadians of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL).
Paul Houck (born August 12, 1963 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a former ice hockey player.
 He had a successful college career with the University of Wisconsin between 1981 and 1985, and was named a Western Collegiate Hockey Association Second Team All-Star in 1983, as well as earning a spot on the National Collegiate Athletic Association Championship All-Tournament team.
 He was selected 71st overall by the Edmonton Oilers in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft, and traded to the Minnesota North Stars in 1985.
 Houck played 16 National Hockey League games for the North Stars between 1985 and 1988, scoring one goal and two assists while spending most of his career in the minor leagues.
 He played two seasons in the Nederlands between 1989 and 1991 before retiring.
 His son, Jackson Houck, was drafted 94th overall by the Edmonton Oilers in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.
 Paul, of the 1981 NHL Entry Draft, and his son, of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, become the first father-and-son tandem drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the team's history.
Conner Bleackley (born February 7, 1996) is a Canadian ice hockey player.
 He is currently playing with the Chicago Wolves in the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect within the St. Louis Blues organization of the National Hockey League (NHL).
 Bleackley was originally selected by the Colorado Avalanche in the first round (23rd overall) of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, but was not signed to an entry-level contract, forcing him to re-enter the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, whereupon he was selected by the St. Louis Blues in the fifth round, 144th overall.
This is a complete list of ice hockey players who were drafted in the National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Nashville Predators franchise.
 It includes every player who was drafted, regardless of whether they played for the team.
 David Legwand became the Predators' first amateur draft pick during the 1998 NHL Entry Draft.
 Selected second overall, he appeared in one game for the Predators during the 1998–99 season, and joined the team full-time the next season.
 As the longest serving Predator, Legwand holds team records for games played, goals, assists, and points.
 The Predators selected Brian Finley sixth overall in 1999.
 Finley appeared in two games for the Predators during his career, allowing 10 goals in 107 minutes.
 Alexander Radulov was the first European selected by the Predators in the first round when he was taken 15th overall in 2004.
The 2000 NHL Entry Draft was held from June 24 to 25 at the Pengrowth (now Scotiabank) Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, following the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft on June 23 for the Columbus Blue Jackets and Minnesota Wild.
 This was the second NHL Entry Draft in which a goaltender was taken first overall (at that point), when the New York Islanders selected Rick DiPietro with the first overall pick.
 Previously, Michel Plasse was selected 1st overall in the 1968 NHL Amateur Draft.
The 2016 NHL Entry Draft was the 54th NHL Entry Draft.
 The draft was held from June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York.
 The first three selections were Auston Matthews, Patrik Laine and Pierre-Luc Dubois.
Jimmy Vesey (born May 26, 1993) is an American ice hockey left winger for the New York Rangers.
 He was selected by the Nashville Predators in the third round, 66th overall, of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.
 Vesey won the Hobey Baker Award in 2016.
 On June 20, 2016 his rights were traded to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for a third-round draft pick in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft.
The Pittsburgh Penguins 2006–07 season was ripe with potential, as the team featured one of the largest groups of young stars in the National Hockey League.
 Evgeni Malkin, the second overall pick in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, came to the United States from Russia prior to the season and joined the team.
 He promptly became the first NHL rookie since 1917 to score goals in each of his first six games.
 Malkin and second-year phenom Sidney Crosby were joined by 18-year-old Jordan Staal, who made the jump directly from the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) to the Penguins roster after being drafted second overall in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.
 The Penguins also brought back Mark Recchi via free agency, giving Recchi his third stint with the team.
Patrik Laine (] ; born 19 April 1998 in Tampere, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey winger who currently plays for the Winnipeg Jets in the National Hockey League (NHL).
 Laine formerly played in his native Finland with Tappara in the Finnish Liiga before he was taken with the second overall pick in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft by the Jets.
Steven Stamkos (born February 7, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre, the captain of the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL).
 Stamkos was the first overall pick in the 2006 OHL Entry Draft, from the Markham Waxers of the OMHA.
 Playing with the Sarnia Sting of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), he scored 100 goals over two years.
 After a successful OHL career, Stamkos was selected first overall in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning.
 He is a two-time Maurice Richard Trophy winner as the NHL's leading goal-scorer (2010 and 2012), is a two-time NHL Second Team All-Star (2011, 2012) and has been named to four NHL All-Star Games (2011, 2012, 2015, 2016).