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Originally Posted by GioforPM
The only time that Edmonton sort of tried to tank they got Nail Yakupov
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Yup, and if he was even a decent top 6 forward, they would have a complete middling to bottom team with Yak, RNH or Hall to show for their strategic rebuild.
Not bad enough to get another 1st overall, and not good enough to ever do anything.
Their rebuild failed so badly, they somehow won a generational lottery ticket and got McDavid.
A suggested Edmonton style rebuild is to suck, draft 1st overall a few times,
make such poor choices, you still suck 10 years later, win the draft lottery, finally get it right.
What a laughable suggestion as a strategy that's even possible to re create.
Not to mention the draft lottery rules were changed to ensure this lighting doesn't strike again like it did for them.