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Originally Posted by dino7c
80% chance last place team doesn't get McDavid
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100% chance they get one of McDavid or Eichel (who would almost certainly have gone #1 overall in any of the last 6 or 7 drafts).
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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
To all of the talk about generational talents, you can build a winner with a GT on your roster. And you can build a winner without one. It's a silly arguement.
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How does the Penguins franchise look if they got Benoit Pouliot or Jack Skille in the 2005 draft instead of Crosby?
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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
There are 20 or so teams in the NHL that are not at all in the discussion for the McEichel Sweepstakes - do you think that those teams are foregoing any hope of ever winning the Cup again? Is the future witout hope for those teams, since they won't be blessed with the Savior?
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Who said anyone is forgoing any hope of winning a Cup? It's not black and white, it's about probabilities. There's a very high probability that your team is going to win more games over the next decade with a McDavid or Eichel than with whoever is drafted 6th or 8th. Just as Sam Bennet is probably going to contribute more to Calgary winning in the future than drafting Brendan Perlini would have.
Higher picks are better. That's all. It's bizarre that there are people on this forum who seem to be arguing otherwise.