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Originally Posted by clancy
however, a generational talent, like McDavid, can accelerate things.
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Maybe, but by how much? Crosby was picked after the Penguins had already drafted the likes of M-A Fleury, and Evgeny Malkin, even Ryan Whitney who was eventually dealt for Kunitz was a #5 pick. They had put pieces in place and suffered a lot before getting him.
I think Stamkos and Tavares are both pretty good players, maybe not generational, but possibly close. Stamkos team still didn't make the playoffs thill his third season in the league. Tampa is another team a bit like St.Louis and or Colorado where it's taken some years to establish themselves as a better team if we can project this season as being what type of results they will start to produce. The Islanders again, several high picks and it's looking like last year was a one time outlier that will feature at least one more follow up year with a high pick.
So if McDavid is that good, he's next years draft, add a year to that and it's 4 years into the rebuild for the competitive playoff team.