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Originally Posted by FanIn80
Colorado getting Makar was even luckier than Edmonton getting McDavid. All Edmonton had to do was win the lottery as there was zero chance anyone but McDavid was going first overall. Colorado had to lose the lottery and have the defenceman-equivalent of McDavid happen to be the best player available at #4... because, let's be honest, they would have taken one of the two Cs available (or even if they forced a D pick, would have taken Heiskanen over Makar) had they won the lottery.
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Yeah, and there’s plenty of examples of 4OA picks being busts or mediocre players at best. Reinhart (though they turned him into Barzal LOL), Larsson, etc