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Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle
Yes he was...... Patrick Kane was the concensus #1 that year.
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No he wasn't. There was no consensus number 1 pick that year. Turris had garnered attention throughout a lot of the season and was ranked #1 by central scouting.
The Oilers website had a post on the draft because they were making their highest draft in a decade:
http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=429906
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At sixth overall, the Oilers will draft at their highest position since taking Boyd Devereaux sixth in 1996.
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1. JACUB VORACEK (Halifax, QMJHL)
2. PATRICK KANE (London, OHL)
3. ALEXEI CHEREPANOV (Avangard Omsk, Russia)
4. KYLE TURRIS (Burnaby, BCHL)
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As far as consensus number 1 picks go, of course looking at it in retrospect it seems silly, but 2007 is one of the few drafts where number 1 could have been multiple players and no one would have been surprised, the top 5 or 6 no one had separated themselves and could have been any order. Rankings had Turris anywhere from 1st to 6th that year, but most had him top 3. Kane was maybe a favourite, but certainly not a consensus.