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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Winning a lottery for a #1C is more likely, since you can plan, manipulate the odds, and centers of that tier rarely fall far...
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I don't really have anything to add except to say that this is laughably naive. While I agree that winning a lottery for a chance to draft a #1 centre is more likely than finding one in round #2, I reject out of hand the notion that this can be "planned for." Teams that end up at the bottom of the NHL standings do so by accident. No team ever has said: "now is the time to jettison our current core and start afresh with a new collection of high draft picks." Teams that rebuild do so out of necessity, not by choice.