Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Number One Draft

If only they were this lucky during the season...

Already armed with a pool of young players that any NHL team would love to have, Steve Tambellini arrived at Tuesday night's draft lottery not even thinking about winning it. And then the Edmonton Oilers beat the odds and earned the No. 1 pick for a third straight year.
"I guess if you're in the lottery and you come here you might as well win it," said Tambellini, the Oilers general manager, whose team had just an 18.8 per cent chance to do it. "I feel really excited about the fact that now another young talent hopefully at the level of what the past few picks have been (is coming).
"To add another player like that is pretty exciting for our organization."
If the Oilers end up making the selection at the June draft in Pittsburgh, they'll be just the second franchise to make three consecutive No. 1 picks. The Quebec Nordiques did it from 1989-91 and went on to win the Stanley Cup five years later after moving to Denver.

from TSN

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