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A pro sports organization isn’t going to get every draft pick correct.
There are going to be hits — and there will be misses.
A team simply hopes there will be more of the hits in the long run.
In the Red Wings’ case, there have been misses, no doubt. Especially in the last decade, or so.
But the hits — mainly in the glory days during the Wings’ 25-year streak of making the playoffs — were simply astounding.