I assure you the Vancouver Canucks organization will not lose any sleep over drafting #5 instead of #2.
In your average draft year it doesn't matter if you are #1 or #6. It's only certain years where obviously elite players that can single handedly change a franchise's fortune that make losing a lottery draft hurt.
The 2012 draft is the prime example. Every GM in the league right now would take the guy drafted #30, Tanner Pearson over the guy at #1, Nail Yakupov.
Heck for that matter at least 15 other GMs would trade the guy they selected from #2 to #29 for that same #30 pick.
The 2011 draft again very similar. How many GMs would take #7, Mark Scheifele over #1, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins.
The vast majority of drafts are no different. The odds are greater that a player drafted #2 to #30 is going to be the superstar that #1 is not.
Draft years 2015 and 2016 are obviously very different. Both years featuring top 2 players that were superstars before even being drafted.
It's no longer about getting lucky drafting the right kid at #6, #12 or even #19. Teams may have a salary cap but they do not have a cap on hiring the best coaches, trainers and scouts to give them the best odds of not only drafting the right player but also developing them into their full potential
If the Canucks were confident in their organization and the people they have working or them they wouldn't have an problem. They should already be thinking whoever they draft at #5 will be the best player in the draft in 10 years. Not from pure dumb luck but because our coaches and trainers will make the kid a superstar.
Case in point.
Sam Bennett.
Everyone in the league think he's a bust. That same Sam Bennett is going to put up 30+ goals and 70+ points in 2017-2018.
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