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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
You can't discount what he did to get the #2 overall in that draft though to get both the Sedins.
That was a bit of a work of art, especially when you look at how the rest of that draft turned out in the long term.
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I'm going to give credit to Burke for pulling that off, but I think it also needs some context. The Canucks held the 3rd overall pick and once Burke acquired the 4th overall pick Burke declared that nobody was leaving the draft with both Sedins. Now logically speaking, how can Burke declare that when it's possible for some team to acquire both the first and second round pick and draft both Sedins? The reason is that Stefan and Brendl were considered the top two picks in the draft by most teams and Burke was able to draft the Sedins because of the belief that no team was crazy enough to draft the Sedins and bypass both Stefan and Brendl. Certainly neither Atlanta nor Tampa Bay were going to make a deal with each other so that one of those two teams end up drafting the Sedins. That's why the order of the draft didn't matter. Atlanta wanted to draft 1st overall for the publicity and Feaster was willing to trade down to #4 because he was guaranteed that Brendl would be there so could continue trading down.
Again, it's not to take credit away from Burke who stole the spotlight by wheeling and dealing his way to drafting both the Sedins. But Burke fully acknowledges that he was able to wheel and deal because he possessed a high pick.
Another thing to put into context is that I really don't think the Sedins would have developed into stars if the NHL didn't change the rules and cut down on the clutching and grabbing.
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Originally Posted by getbak
He also ran the 2005 draft for Anaheim. Not that it was much greater overall, but Bobby Ryan was by far the best player he drafted for the Ducks.
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Burke has absolutely nailed his top 3 picks. Burke seems to do pretty well when given a top 10 pick.