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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
I struggle a bit saying Dallas is the model. Hitting on picks like they did in that draft is as much luck as anything. If it were that easy, every team would be doing it and there would never be a need for a tear it down rebuild.
For me, it’s yes adding more picks and a numbers game, but just based on percentages you need at least one of those picks to be near the top of the draft. Better odds of adding an impact player or two that way, and if you hit on the others ala Dallas and Boston then you’re really cooking.
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Sure but at some point don't we have to accept this team isn't going to do a full re-build and tank? It could happen by virtue of having a really bad single year, but otherwise I think we should think about what they could do realistically within the likely guard rails they have in place.
A related fun what-if is apparently the Panthers were going to take Jason Robertson, but the Stars snagged him one pick earlier. Florida picked Aleksi Heponiemi. Florida was also interested in Oettinger that year and were hoping he would fall to the 2nd.