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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
It's absolutely true.
How good do you think he is, honestly? Because, lottery aside, the bottom four teams were separated by 2 points. San Jose and Columbus both had guys who put up 100+ points at least once in the last two seasons.
Chicago's leading scorer by the end of the season had 40 points and they were behind Columbus. Anaheim was the worst team in the league and they don't even get to pick 1st.
If you're saying Huberdeau is going to keep us out of the bottom 3, then we're looking at least 100+ points, right? That's the argument if you want to say it's what kept San Jose out of the top three (by one point). If Huberdeau adds 40 points and the team stays as it is, we're probably looking at 290-300 goals as a team. Good for top 5, maybe top 3. That's not enough to turn a team that missed the playoffs by 2 points into a team that has a shot? OK.
All the offence aside, goaltending plays a big part. If Wolf is as good as he's supposed to be, we're not picking in the top 5 regardless. So what's your actual plan to get us down there?
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Yeah, if being in lottery contention (or Cup contention) is down to a single player it's Wolf/Markstrom, and no one else.
EDIT: in 2018 A team with Jack Eichel (at near PPG), ROR, Sam Reinhart, Evander Kane, Kyle Okposo, Robin Lehner, Linus Ullmark, Jake McCabe, etc finished dead last by 8 points and picked 1OA.