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Originally Posted by Poe969
I don't think it's so much that the oilers got some pretty crappy 1st overalls but more along the lines of the oilers made some crappy first overall pics. It's been beaten to death that the team would be a lot better with a combo of any of the other players rated around #1. I mean Hall over Seguin??? That's not bad luck, that's bad drafting. The lack of anything good outside of a top 10 pick is proof that they're bad at drafting.
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Hall was the first player to ever win back to back Memorial Cup MVPs and many had him ranked #1. So picking him ahead of Seguin at the time was not off the board.