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Originally Posted by Hackey
The strategy is fine. It requires some luck though. Edmonton got those three 1st rounders in a row at a terrible time. They landed some very average 1st overalls.
Hall
RNH
Yakupov.
If they drafted the 3 years before they get...
Kane, Stamkos, Tavares.
The next 3 drafts after are...
McKinnon, Ekblad, McDavid.
If you have either of those trios and manage your team semi well you should become an elite team.
Personally I don't think Ottawa drafted a good enough core. They have some good players but they are shelling out money to guys who so far don't look like they are elite. So their team will likely improve and become a decent hockey club but I don't think they become a true contender with that core.
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This is the concern/risk. If these players don't continue to progress as hoped, there is little that Ottawa can do about it, because they all have large/long contracts.
You got them all locked up - great. Let's hope you're right about all of them.