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Originally Posted by gvitaly
I'm not trying to take away from your point, but they picked Sid in the 2005 draft, which was the draft right after the lockout. I believe they had something like a 1/16 chance to get Sid, which is my long way of saying those lucky SOBs.
If anything then Pittsburgh tanked to get Fluery, when they finished 2nd last in the standings. Even when Florida won the Fluery draft lottery, PIT traded for that pick. They continued the tank in the following year when they finished last in the Ovechkin/Malkin draft.
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Right. I’m not so sure they tanked on purpose to get those guys. They did for Mario. I meant tanking as in “playing badly”. They did get rid of vets but it was because they were broke.