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Originally Posted by aaronck
Tampa is great at talent evaluation as well- Drouin was a high pick that wasn't working out, so they flipped him to the Habs for Sergachev which worked out great for them- Drouin never did much with Montreal
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Given that lots of teams start with high picks it's clear the difference is success in depth drafting (Point/Kucherov/Vasilevsky/Cirelli/Killorn/Palat) and adaptation (Drouin becomes Sergachev, picking up Coleman, etc).