angry_treefrog
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- Jan 19, 2006
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Detroit often gets credit for the drafting success in the later rounds. It's all luck folks, otherwise if they knew those players were going to be that good they wouldn't have waited until the 5th to 7th rounds.
Very true.
Give Detroit credit for hearing about these kids and taking a flyer on them, but there is no way Detroit knew Datsyuk would be that good.
Then again, as the saying goes, luck is when preparation meets opportunity. They have a great scouting and development system in place. They look for players that fit in their organization and develop them properly.
They don't always hit on their picks, but if they increase their hit rate even a couple of percentage points it gives them a big advantage.