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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Raymond is a solid pick but the problem remains they didn't amass any elite talent in their re-build. That's going to be the issue.
Compared to NJD as an example.
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Totally agree there. They won't like to hear it but, the Redwing rebuild is looking more like the Oilers rebuilds before Mcdavid. The have had 7 years in the top 10, plus a bunch of extra picks in the top 75. 35 players selected in the first 100 picks of their draft over the course of those 7 years.
The jury is still out on maybe 9 of those players, as they are from recent drafts, but they really haven't managed to translate those picks into talent. Raymond and Sieder are probably the only ones that make the grade right now.
IMO you need to hit of 1 or 2 players in a draft. If you don't hit that threshold then you will really start seeing that start negatively impacting the club team.
Really for Detroit, losing the lotto in their year, ending up netting them one of their better players in Raymond. If they stayed at 1, they would have Lafreniere instead.
As much hype as Yzerman gets, I don't think he is in a good place right now. If nothing special comes from the last couple drafts, they could be in a world of hurt.