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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
Yzerman is falling into the category of most other GM's he doesn't seem to be great as everyone says he is.
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Lots of building a contender is just luck.
They get Stamkos and Hedman with early picks before Yzerman was even there.
Then get Kucherov in the 2nd in 2011 and Point in the 3rd in 2014 (with their 4th pick).
Vasilevskiy with pick 19 was great but really the rest of the 1st's in Yzerman's tenure weren't that great, especially the top 10 picks.
2010: Brett Connolly - 6th
2011: Namestnikov - 27th
2012: Koekkoek - 10th
2012: Vasilevskiy - 19th
2013: Drouin - 3rd (Bailed out by Montreal)
2014: Tony DeAngelo - 19th
2016: Brett Howden - 27th
2017: Cal Foote - 14th
Finding guys like Palat, Cirelli, Kucherov, and Point after round 1 was great, but also sometimes it's a bit lucky because if you knew they were as good as they ended up being you're not waiting until the 3rd round to take them.