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Originally Posted by dino7c
Its also cherry picked...nobody is talking about Buffalo right after the lockout that won a few rounds...we are talking about Buffalo who drafted 2nd overall and never improved or made the playoffs one time
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They perpetrated one of the biggest all-time fumbles in handling Stanley Cup Champion Jack Eichel.
Their draft opportunity has nothing to do with their lack of success.
Their lack of success has everything to do with them being a terribly run organization who can't do any one thing at a competent or above level.
Drafting at the top guarantees nothing (unless you truly luck out and get a generational player that can pull an organization up by the boot straps), it gives you the opportunity to build something on a strong foundation. If you can't build on it, you just are what you are - a piss poor organization.