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I feel like Seattle will take a d-man since they're an expansion team and need to build from the back end out, so maybe Beniers is available if Bob wants him.
 
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Overall kind of crappy. 3rd is better than 4th, but why fall again. But this explains why I don't buy lottery tickets for myself. No luck in random drawings. We probably get the second best defenseman in the draft. We will see him in three - four years. Somehow that is underwhelming.
 
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As someone who wants Clarke this is fine by me I am worried Seattle will select him though. Just glad a team I hate didn't surpass us. Top 3 pick is nothing to be upset about, and there's always the chance we get a lottery win next year :)
 
That’s frustrating how Seattle wins the lottery and then oh by the way we’ll be stealing a player off your roster as well.

Kinda bummed because I wanted Beniers. There’s still a chance but unlikely. Still could’ve been A LOT worse it they dropped to 4 which there was basically a 50% of. this still puts in a position to get Eklund with an outside shot at Beniers. Eklund would still be a tremendous add to the franchise. I do hope he’s who they take.
 
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Kinda bummed to be honest. Not because of picking 3rdOA, but Ducks were the only team to drop and they got overtaken by a team who hasn’t even played a single game in the NHL. It’s just pure BS. But it is what it is.

Don’t think they needed someone like Power since they are stacked on LHD, but Beniers would have been a great addition. But they should still get a Top 6 player who can make a difference sooner rather than later.
 
We'll still get a good player so it's a win, but it is hard to ignore the bad luck of being the only team that moved up or down the list. pretty ridiculous.

Also I looked quickly and could be wrong by a bit, but I think a western conference team has only won the draft lottery 9 times in 26 years now, and only 6 different western conference teams have actually won the draft lottery out of those 9 times. Also, because of trades/limits on # of spots that could be moved up, only 5 different western conference teams have actually picked 1st overall in those 26 years, and one of those was Columbus, who got it by trading up with Florida and is no longer in conference.

I'm not saying it is rigged, but I don't think the results spread out over all of those years look all that fair either.
 
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heusy_79 said:
I feel fairly certain that Power will not be passed on twice, but after that I think we could still end up with anyone
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Agreed,

tough to say who Buffalo and seattle will go.... Buffalo has so many question marks with eichel Reinhardt and risto
 
Terry Yake said:
i wouldn't be too surprised if seattle ended up taking eklund
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They def want a player to build around... I wonder if your Seattle do you try to be kinda bad the first 2 years to try and end up top 3 in 2022 and 2023? I’d strongly consider it
 
robbieboy3686 said:
#1 would’ve went a long way for eichel trading currency
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Buffalo already has 1OA. So if we would have gotten it instead, they would have gotten either 2 or 3... so I mean, it's not really any different.
 
ADHB said:
I feel like Seattle will take a d-man since they're an expansion team and need to build from the back end out, so maybe Beniers is available if Bob wants him.
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I have this feeling too. It will be very tempting for them to take Hughes and have that cross-border sibling rivalry plus a potential cornerstone piece on defense. I think Beniers is more of an intriguing prospect for an established team that has lots of pieces already in place but could use a very good long term #2c type.
 
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We'll still get a good player so it's a win, but it is hard to ignore the bad luck of being the only team that moved up or down the list. pretty ridiculous.

Also I looked quickly and could be wrong by a bit, but I think a western conference team has only won the draft lottery 9 times in 26 years now, and only 6 different western conference teams have actually won the draft lottery out of those 9 times. Also, because of trades/limits on # of spots that could be moved up, only 5 different western conference teams have actually picked 1st overall in those 26 years, and one of those was Columbus, who got it by trading up with Florida and is no longer in conference.

I'm not saying it is rigged, but I don't think the results spread out over all of those years look all that fair either.
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On the other hand, dropping the last two years and getting Zegras and Drysdale didn't work out too badly. This is a funny draft - Power and Benier have high floors but low ceilings in the view of many. As others have said, the Ducks will come out just fine with this pick.
 
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It's not the worst thing to fall in a year like this, you get a lot more leeway if you're looking at someone a little surprising. Then again, it did seem Bob liked Power so maybe that's not the case here at all.
 
I feel like power and beniers have lower ceilings so i can easily see the #3 pick being a better player. We will have some choices and that aint a bad thing with Madden. We wont be forced to take someone because he is a consensus pick. Madden can go with his gut for whoever is left.
 
I said I’d be happy with anything but 4 before it happened but just the way it went down pissed me off. When the odds are finally in their favour they’re the only team to drop, and to Seattle? f*** off. Hope they take Eklund or Hughes
 
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