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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Yeah, I mean...data is dumb. The draft is completely random, so you may as well pick a first name out of a hat, and then a last name out of a beer bottle, and then assign them to teams and have those teams battle to the death to see which name most closely resembles that of someone in the draft.
You tell me, which team was smarter:
57th Overall: NHLe of 4 in their D-0
58th Overall: NHLe of 41 in their D-0
That's Wotherspoon Vs. Kucherov
Or how about
54th Overall: NHLe of 1 in their D-0
55th Overall: NHLe of 9 in their D-0
79th Overall: NHLe of 31 in their D-0
That's Hunter Smith Vs. Brandon Montour Vs. Brayden Point
Yeah, their GM not being allowed to participate in the draft makes 2021 picks much more likely - if likely at all.
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NHL teams harvest NHL quality players by watching them play, talking to coaches who worked with the player before AND by applying development techniques and protocols after the draft.
They don’t use random fan boi stats. I mean Kucherov probably was a better player than Witherspoon, go figure.