If Edmonton did not win the lottery to get the best player on the planet they are likely where the Sabres are today. They got extremely lucky with the lotto balls and the rules were changed because of it. 2007-2020 has to be one of the worst overall performances a franchise can make. People forget about it now it seems because the last 5 years have been extremely solid for the Oilers that likely doesn’t happen if they draft Strome, Marner or Hanifin instead of McDavid. The Oilers picked top 10 for 11 of 13 years and 3 of the 4 seasons after they drafted McDavid
Ultimately only Nuge, Draisaitl, McDavid, and Bouchard remain of the 11 top 10 picks they made from 07-20
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