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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
This is not revisionist history.
The selection of Seabrook and Big Buff (what, an 8th rounder?) was as a result of regular drafting for the organization and a byproduct of the stacked 2003 draft where nearly every team walked away with at least two good players (with the exception of the Calgary flames of course). The same can be said for the draft previous where they ended up taking Duncan Keith in the second round, using their mid first round selection on our beloved, Manton Slapchuk.
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The revisionist history wasn't directed at you. It was in reference to the general view these days that anything that happened in the Wirtz era was entirely his fault and that everything has been sunshine and lollipops since.
I stand by my point that 2 members of their core, along with some other key pieces, were drafted prior to 2004.
Keith was the 13 or 14th D-man drafted in 02 (can't remember and too lazy to check again), so dismissing him off-handedly is unfair. Also, iug Buf was an 8th rounder - hardly part of the easy drafting of 2003.