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Old 06-05-2025, 11:46 AM   #15967
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Originally Posted by Monahammer View Post
The wrong 2/3.

The 1 C is necessary. It's the 1C + 1 of the other 2. Edmonton is actually proving right now that 2 1Cs can basically get it done without the other components.

We have seen this story before. We can have the best winger and goalie in the league, a top 5 defense, and it probably still won't be enough.

Further, I reject that Wolf is blocking this possibility. The Ducks picked top 10 a bunch with Gibson.
The Oilers drafted McDavid. A player like that comes along once in a generation. It took the Oilers four #1 overall picks to get McDavid. The league has now changed the rules, so you can't draft that many first overall picks anymore.

If the strategy is suck until you draft a McDavid level talent, it's probably not going to work out for you. For every Oilers with a McDavid, there's a dozen teams, who had the same strategy, with no McDavid and no cup.
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