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Originally Posted by The Cobra
So, they hit on multiple high picks.
I'm not sure it is particularly relevant when their best players were obtained with high picks.
Although it is indeed strange the volatility they went through during those years.
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My point is they went from 2OA, to 41OA, to 1OA, to 23OA, to 10OA, to 4 OA (at which time they finally had a team). It doesn't always have to be sustained craptitude.
TB kind of the same: Went 1,2 in consecutive years, but then went a long time before any picks actually panned out, and they weren't high ones (their high ones were bad picks). They kind of did two rebuilds - one to get STamkos and Hedman, and then hitting on later picks to get their key guys Point, Vasilevksy and Kucherov.
I think Carolina has as good a shot as anyone this year, and they picked once up high (and got Svechnikov).