You might see a trend of teams with a tonne of picks missing on most of them because generally teams with a lot of picks are sellers. They are sellers because their staff is generally below average at talent procurement. So they get a tonne of picks and miss on them. Vicious cycle.
In 2002, Detroit had 2 seconds and a third at the top of their draft. They drafted Hudler, Fleischmann, and Filppula. All 3 have played over 400 NHL games.
But whether a team is good or bad at drafting, more picks is always better then fewer.
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