2015 Draft top 3 teams and where they are now

[Atomos2]

Just found this interesting. The top 3 teams of the presumed top heavy franchise changing 2015 draft at the bottom of the league. It just kinda jumped out at me. An interesting lesson to all those guys who treat top picks like royalty.

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[naruto]

wow. that's kind of sad. Bolsters the argument that tanking doesn't always work.
But look at where the team who picked 4th overall is right now

 

[VoluntaryDom]

lmao

 

[Viqsi]

wow. that's kind of sad. Bolsters the argument that tanking doesn't always work.
But look at where the team who picked 4th overall is right now

And sixth overall. And eighth overall.

I would thereby suggest that tanking doesn't work, period, full stop.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

You guys should see our board a loud minority is talking about how we should tank because if you're not a top contender or the worst team in the NHL you might as well not exist apparently.

 

[Canada4Gold]

Top 3 in 2016 are looking pretty solid right now

 

[Drytoast]

You guys should see our board a loud minority is talking about how we should tank because if you're not a top contender or the worst team in the NHL you might as well not exist apparently.

I think the idea is to at the very least, have a plan.

 

[zeke]

good management will win even without top picks.

bad management will lose no matter how many top picks they get.

 

[Emperoreddy]

I think the idea is to at the very least, have a plan.

I think this is the important thing. Look at teams bouncing back after bottoming our and they seem to have a plan.

Toronto, New Jersey, Vegas just starting out, sure their are more examples I’m missing.

I think Chia had a plan in Edmonton, but it isn’t a good one. I have no idea what the plans are in Arizona or Buffalo.

GM has to have a vision for success, and a commitment to making that happen the right way through the draft and thrifty trades. And that means your scouting department has to do better with picks outside those top 3 picks. If you can’t find players in the 2nd, 3rd, and even 4th round you are going no where.

Also avoid free agency outside of short term journeymen. Rarely do the big free agent contracts work, and they seem to stall rebuilds out.

 

[CanuckGame39]

The Oilers are the biggest joke of a franchise in all of sports.

 

[Snowsii]

This is a dublicate thread. Same thing is in one belov "familiar trio, at bottom: Arizona, Sabres and Edmonton" etc..

 

[CyBorgman]

It's would make them a lot more fun to hate if they sucked a less. I can't even milk the tiniest bit of schadenfreude from Buffalo's failures, my brain is desensitized.