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Originally Posted by FireGilbert
Isn’t this basically the best EA Sports NHL be a GM strategy? It works great in a video game against AI GMs but trying this in the real world turns you into the Oilers and a 15 year rebuild filled with first round busts and overpriced FAs.
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Why does the strategy create first round busts and overpriced FAs? That literally makes no sense. If you pick busts that's either on your scouting or bad luck. It has nothing to do with the strategy. And if you overpay for free agents that's just bad management that any team could do following any strategy at any point in the teams competitive cycle.
The Oilers got Hall, RNH, and Yakupov consecutively. The top picks the three years before that were Kane, Stamkos, Tavares. The three drafts after were MacKinnon, Ekblad, McDavid. So either they had bad luck or bad drafting.
Loading up on picks isnt a bad strategy based on the Oilers sucking at drafting. Fact is if you dont draft well you're doomed no matter what your strategy is.