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Originally Posted by taxbuster
Yup..and works both ways.
Johnny Gaudreau, Brett Hull, Pavel Datsyuk and Luc Robitaille among others went after the third round and had terrific careers.
On the other hand, Nail Yakupov (LOL) says hello.
Picking high is no guarantee of diddly-squat. The odds might be better…but they’re still odds. Remind me again what the Greasers have done with those high picks? (that’s for Jason 14h).
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While it is true you can find talent later in the draft, it is statistically much less likely.
You can use the Oilers as an example but that is a failure by them to surround elite talent with help. If you add McDavid and Draisaitl to any team, that team should have a good chance to win it all. We are just lucky they surrounded them with no goaltending, no depth and bad defense.
Also, the Oilers have won 6 playoff rounds the last 2 years. That is double what we have won in the last 2 decades. While they failed to win a cup, and it is hilarious, most teams would love that level of playoff ticket revenue.