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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Plus, TB had a slew of really high picks - Stamkos/Hedman/Kucherov, plus they found a great goalie at 17OA.
Detroit have had a 4th, 8th and a couple 6ths under Yzerman, and just prior to him drafted around where the Flames sually do - middle of the pack. Really, he's not built through the draft any more than the Flames did picking Bennett, Tkachuk, Monahan. He hasn't acquired that many picks either. An extra 1st in 2021, a bunch of 2nds in 2019 (who haven't played yet).
Only Seider and Raymond have seen any real NHL action since he's only been drafting for them since 2019. Obviously it's really early in his time to judge how his rebuild will go. But he has made a couple odd acquisitions which don't fall into the "he has a master plan" formula: Leddy, Copp, Chiarot, Vrana, Perron, Matta.
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Yup, he is a good GM but there is also a bit of overating him. He had Stamkos/Hedman handed to him in TB, a lot of GM's don't get those kinds of building blocks. And this is his fourth year in Det and they're trading established players for draft picks so something has gone wrong there too