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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
I think when the franchise players come around like McDavid, Bedard, etc, absolutely it's lottery luck. And rarely is it fair.
But a contending team can be built on hitting 2-3 top 10 picks that are core players and draft meaningful contributors with top 3-round picks to supplement.
In other words, it's not McKenna or bust. Doing over our Tkachuk era and not making some of the same mistakes by rushing the rebuild, it's a different picture, and this very well could have been a contending roster.
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Yeah a team doesn't necessarily need to draft 1st overall but probably need to hit on a few top 5 picks and top 10 picks. Players like Draisaitl, Barkov, Rantanen, Tkachuk, etc are elite players that weren't 1st overall picks. Rushing the rebuild unfortunately is always possible especially in Canadian markets as we have recently witnessed with Ottawa.