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Originally Posted by polak
Man we've been spoiled with Tkachuk, Monahan and Bennett.
How quickly we forget how crappy we were with 1st round picks for most of the last decade. Unless you're drafting top 10, it's hardly a guarantee they turn into anything.
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Agreed. Drafting has improved but the team is still in a big slump when it comes to drafting players between 20-30 in the first round. Backlund is all they have to show for a bunch of 20's picks.