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Originally Posted by stang
Nice of you to start the penguins drafting with Crosby. Who was there 4th player picked in the top 5.
2002 at 5th overall Ryan Whitney (our gagner at 6th overall)
2003 at 1st overall MAF (taylor hall)
2004 at 2nd overall Malkin (RNH)
2005 at 1st overall Crosby (yakupov)
2006 at 2nd overall J. Stall
So they had all that talent including crosby and still ended up at 29th in the league in 2005-2006.
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Malkin wasn't on the team in 05-06 and Crosby put up 102 points in his rookie season which was double the next highest scoring forward on his team; I don't really see a comparable for either of those things on the Oilers this year.
That and the last 3 players picked were all elite centers. The Oilers' future hope for the center ice position is currently scoring at a 29 point pace at the same age that Crosby was putting up 120 points.