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Originally Posted by Monahammer
the league bent over backwards to ensure generational level talent was made available
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This is the opposite of the truth. The league changed the lottery rules for the explicit purpose of making sure the Oilers would not get another #1 overall pick. Then the Oilers fluked into one anyway, and it happened to be the McDavid pick. Nobody at league HQ was happy that happened. Their reaction reminded me of Wile E. Coyote's face just before the dynamite goes off.