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Originally Posted by FAN
It's like saying the Nordiques were wrong in selecting Lindros when they had Sakic and Sundin or that the Penguins were wrong in drafting a center when they had Crosby and Malkin. It's not the selection that is wrong.
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It's nothing like that. All the players you just compared are centers - you can never have too many centers. Good teams are built on good centers. Good teams are not built on smaller, highly skilled wingers.
The Oilers screwed up in drafting both Hall and Yakupov.
They should have drafted Seguin and Galchenyuk or Seguin and Murray. Centers and D are far more important than wingers. You can say "well in hindsight, yes" but no, not even in hindsight. When you have a winger and a center, or a winger and defenseman that are very close, you draft the center or you draft the defenseman. That's how you build a team.
