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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

Just in case anyone is feeling bummed, don't worry you aren't as hilariously bitter as this Montreal reporter. Conspiracy theory and accusations of tanking in the same article.




http://montrealgazette.com/sports/ja...ering-over-nhl

Thats some serious tin foil stuff going on there s he needs to explain the last decade of results if "rigging" the draft is a thing. Hilarious.

here is tidbit also from that article that i found interesting though...

On the other hand, here’s one for you: Since Mike Modano was drafted No. 1 overall in 1988, 27 players, beginning with Mats Sundin, have been taken in the top spot. Among those 27 players, they have won only five Stanley Cups: Patrick Kane has three with the Blackhawks, Vinnie Lecavalier won once, and Sidney Crosby and Marc-André Fleury shared one with Pittsburgh.

That’s it. Five Stanley Cups — and one guy has three of them, so 23 top picks never got a sniff of the champagne. So after all the tanking, the controversy, the hype, the buildup that makes every top pick sound like Bobby Orr — the truth is that except in rare years when a player like Connor McDavid is available, it’s all a lot of lukewarm air