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Originally Posted by kirant
I think we've got an extremely high chance of it happening if it is one of those three. There's almost always too much pressure to move a top 3 into the NHL either because they think there's nothing to learn at the CHL level or because fans, rightly or wrongly, demand it.
In the past 5 drafts, the players drafted #1, 2, or 3 who didn't make the NHL team next year were:
- Erik Gudbranson
- Jonathan Huberdeau
- Ryan Murray
Of those, only Huberdeau was a big surprise to me. Columbus rebuilt their back end and gave Murray time to develop to his reasonably safe cap, while I have never been a fan of Gudbranson.
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Not really true about Murray. The lockout coupled with a season ending shoulder injury is why he's not in the NHL. If he didn't have the injury, maybe he's in the NHL.