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Originally Posted by blankall
No way. You can't just look at the return we got, you also have to look at the opportunities within the organization it created and the increased draft positioning we received.
For example in 2013, we drafted Monahan. We might have gotten lucky at a lower draft position and ended up with Domi, but most likely we would have ended up with a much worse player.
Although part of Calgary's rebuild can be attributed to luck. Getting Gaudreau and Brodie from later rounds was just lucky.
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As the saying goes, you have to be lucky to be good. Look at all the late round success Detroit has had, not to mention Dallas getting Benn in the 5th round.