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Originally Posted by return to the red
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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
At the end of the day the key is to be a top drafting and developing team. Year in and year out draft young talent then develop them into NHL players.
Not only that but drafting players that fit an organizational need, this is where the Oilers have failed. They didn't need Yakupov at this stage of the game. This year they finally drafted what they needed.
It also didn't help that they were in such a "win now" mode that they have rushed these players into the league only to suffer injuries that could remain problems for the rest of their careers.
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They did have first overall. I would be hesitant to draft d first overall. I guess it makes sense to get Yak for consensus #1. The real fail is getting to that point... With hall and rnh in the bag, they should have improved so that they didn't have to pick first overall, they could have then concentrated on d.
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