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Originally Posted by ---Hatrick---
I wouldn't give Edmonton that much credit lol. Who, besides their first overalls, or their over obvious early first round picks have they drafted that are having this kind of success?
To me, you have to look at drafting after the first round to see where how good a team is at drafting and or developing because some early first round picks are the obvious ones that any GM picking in that position would pick.
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I dunno, the following group is potentially a better group than Detroit has drafted over the same span:
- Devan Dubnyk (14th overall, starting goalie)
- Oscar Klefbom (19th overall, #2-ish defenseman)
- Jeff Petry (45th overall,#3-ish defenseman)
- Jordan Eberle (22nd overall, 50-70 point winger)
- Andrew Cogliano (25th overall, 2nd line shutdown winger)
and a few other players who are still developing:
- Tobias Reider (112nd overall, 3rd line winger / PKer)
- Brandon Davidson (162nd overall, #5-ish defenseman, maybe even a #4 based on his 2015-16 season, but injury-prone)
- Martin Marincin (46nd overall, #6-ish defenseman but Leafs are high on his potential)
It makes sense though, since Detroit's top scout(s?) went with Yzerman to Tampa Bay. And guess what, Tampa Bay is the team that found Palat, Johnson, Kucherov, Point, Gusev, and generally has a sweet prospect pool.