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Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard
I don't know if Edmonton is really tanking per say or trying to lose or if they just have awful management and development of prospects leading to their continual awful placement. I don't think that the team is intentionally losing, they just have an inability to win. This isn't based on a lack of effort it is based upon crap management.
I also think that aside from Hall they have had some pretty bad luck with #1 overall draft picks. In the past 10 years the #1 draft picks have been
MacKinnon
Yakupov
Nugent-Hopkins
Hall
Tavares
Stamkos
Kane
E. Johnson
Crosby
Ovechkin
Yakupov and Nugent-Hopkins are likely the two worst players on that list, the Oilers have sucked at the worst possible time in terms of franchise players being available. At least in the case of the Blackhawks and Penguins they were able to select franchise players, the Oilers not so much.
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I agree that they missed out on some gems, but it is also symptomatic of their developmental decisions regarding those players. On other teams, those players could have thrived (or at least done better).