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Originally Posted by carisear
perhaps not allowing a team to get two #1 draft picks in a row would help ... the way the draft is setup right now isn't bad .. but everyone can see that having a shitty team for a couple of years generally means a stanley cup 5 years down the road ...
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"Generally" is a bit of a stretch.
Yes, it worked for the the Penguins... but which other team?
And the Penguins lucked out because they got a #1 pick in Crosby and then a #2 pick in Malkin.
How often does a Crosby come along? Next to never.
How often does a Malkin come along AS A #2 PICK? Next to never.
So even if the Canucks sucked total ass these next two years and get the #1 draft pick in each subsequent year, there is absolutely no guarantee or should there even be an expectation that we can pull off what Pittsburgh did a few years down the line.