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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Yeah, I'd say Sakic has been absolutely awesome in the trade and in the free agent market - but the drafting has been a bit "bleh", but it just goes to show what "cheat" it is to have those top-4 picks. You need them, and you need them in the correct seasons. Having them in dud years (like Edmonton did until McDavid and Draisaitl) can be painful (although I think outside of Yakupov, Edmonton's secret development sauce is what limited RNH and Hall).
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This is true, although the Yakupov pick itself demonstrates why you can’t wiff on a top 5 pick. A top 5 pick is like inheriting family wealth, it’s hard to screw up, but it can happen.
Would Morgan Reilly help the Oilers?
Yeah, but it’s also a moot point. It’s Oiler navel gazing false equivalency asset management.
IF the Oilers drafted Reilly they would have both botched his development, overpaid him, or both.
It’s like the rumoured Comrie for Corey Perry & a 1st trade in the fall of 2003.
If that had happened Corey Perry would have been linemates with Rob Schremp in Europe after the Oilers developed his talent instead of winning a Cup & a Hart trophy with the Ducks.