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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Nobody at the time thought Vegas had drafted a powerhouse roster. It’s revisionist thinking. People are thinking of what those players became rather than what they were when Vegas drafted them.
Here are the year-over-year point increases:
Karlsson +53
Marchessault +24
Perron +20
Smith +23
Haula +29
Miller +27
Tuch +37
Schmidt +19
Theodore +21
Nobody saw that coming.
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It's not just that people didn't think they would be good, people were mad that they didn't take the best player available and did side deals!
A lot of people thought Vegas completely blew it and did other GM's 'favors'
Now that they were actually the smartest people in the room the narrative has flipped that they were 'gifted' a team, other teams were stupid, etc