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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
That's not the point. The point is he would have been better than Yak.
Yak was far from a 100% consensus #1 pick. Nor was Hall.
The Oiler's F'D up. Don't let them off the hook
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I'm not letting them off any hook, mainly because I have no way to reprimand them. The point is, it doesn't really matter who they picked first because Reilly hasn't saved Toronto either. You need more than first pick talent. They suck if they picked Reilly and Seguin.
More importantly, you need depth, development (not by seeing how far they go before they fail), leadership in the room and above (not going partying after a listless embarrassing effort) , not forcing injured players to play, good trading and proper coaching. They struck out miserably on all accounts. Pinning their failure on a few picks that aren't really very controversial (aside from the Yakupov one) is letting them off the hook more IMO.