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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
Edmonton has two top-3 players on the planet, only one of whom was a 1OA.
I would build a statue of Katz outside the dome if it got us two top-3 players in the world.
You get talent at the top of the draft. The difference between success and failure is hitting on those picks. It’s the difference between Doughty at #2 or Byfield. Gudbranson or Huberdeau at 3.
But there’s no not having top-2 picks on your team if you really want to matter in this league.
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It's been explained many times, but nearly all teams in the league have picked top 3 in the last 30 years. Pretty sure it's only CGY and DET (and VGK)
MIN and NAS only did it in their first year, but they've both had plenty of top 10 picks, including 4OAs. DAL got Heiskanen 3OA, but have otherwise had very few top 10 picks. You gotta go back to 96-98 where SJ picked 2/2/3, but they got like 20 years out of Marleau (and of course they won a 3OA pick that became Stutzle)