Post-Game Talk: The night the cannons fell silent.

[WeThreeKings]

Honestly it wasn't all those top picks that made Tampa, Tampa. You could argue their top 2 players are Point and Kucherov. Maybe even Vasilevskiy is third...

Stamkos and Hedman are a pretty big part.

But yeah you obviously need to hit on some later picks.

 

[Andrei79]

Top 1 or 2 is for generational/franchise players. The logic has been wrongfully constrained to this goal, whereas getting a top 10 pick is a source of elite talent in most drafts. Picking a Matthews or a McJesus is all great and the extreme of what you could get, but there are other kind players, the Joneses and Karlssons of this world, they weren't even drafted in the top 5. And even guys like Hedman and Doughty were drafted 3rd. A lot of elite forwards were drafted between 5th and 10th.

The guiding line should always be, make sure to pick well.

I agree with this. That said those two were 2nd overalls.

 

[Andrei79]

Honestly it wasn't all those top picks that made Tampa, Tampa. You could argue their top 2 players are Point and Kucherov. Maybe even Vasilevskiy is third...

I think you could argue Hedman is 1st. He's a savage.

 

[Perrah]

Tampa benefitted from going against the norms. Picking smaller talented guy in Point, drafting Kucherov when he was playing in the KHL. Drafting Vaselievsky when he was playing in KHL with a first rounder no less.