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Originally Posted by 3 Justin 3
This is going to sound extremely Oiler-esque, but if we were to tank the next two seasons and get the next 2 1st overalls (2014-2015), we could potentially draft Ekblad and Connor McDavid (this guy has as many points as MacKinnon or close to him and they had to make an exception to let him in the CHL since he is so young).
McDavid, MacKinnon and Ekblad is a much better crop than Nugget-Hopkins, Hall and Yakupov.
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Originally Posted by EddyBeers
You have to get extremely lucky now as the league was tired of the Oilers purposely
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Assuming a team finished 30th, 30th and 29th over 3 seasons, the chances of them getting 3 1st overall picks, under the prior rules, was 4.3% (48 x 48 x 18.8).
The odds now are 1.2% (25 x 25 x 18.8)
If they keep the rules the way they are now, there is virtually no chance that a team will ever get 3 consecutive 1st overall picks again
Also, the fact that the Oilers did it - even under the old rules - is really, really lucky