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Originally Posted by Igottago
Most teams that wins the cup win the lottery or get close to it for a few years. We can no longer use that as some sort of empty moral victory. Winning the lottery is a feature of the NHL, not a bug. The Flames have refused to ever really tank and have thus foregone the ability to get the players that generally yield these results. The Oilers are a garbage organization but they were rewarded with generational talent and now may reap the benefits.
They still won't win though.
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The draft lottery system that the Oilers benefited from was a bug. They literally had to change the rules when the Oilers won it 4 out 6 years. They were intent on drafting 1st overall as many times as possible to build their team, which wasn't the intent the league had.