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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
The Oilers were not trying to rebuild. They were exceptionally incompetent. They'd still be stuck in the scheite if they did not luck their way to McDavid.
I don't think the Sens were fully committed either. Trading good picks for Chychryn and DeBrincant before the team had become a playoff team has set them back.
I agree that a scorched Earth rebuild is 8 years if not more. But you need some luck to land the right top player. If Tampa ends up with Bogosian and Matt Duchene instead of Hedman and Stamkos, do they still win two Stanley Cups?
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This is a good point. We can look at how virtually every team that has won cups in the last 30 years has picked in the top five of the draft but you could also point out just any many cases where teams have picked in the top five of the draft and not won any cups.
All we can say is the obvious… the cup winning teams drafted/acquired the right players at the right time. Some of that is luck (lotteries) and some of that is good scouting. Tampa especially has been really good at both professional and amateur scouting during the last 15 years. They found guys like Kucherov, Killorn, Coleman, Goodrow, Pallat, etc. that were really good players for them. Oddly enough, their first round picks over that time have not been too amazing. It’s their late picks they been really good.