The NHL draft is the closest real-life example of roulette you can find outside of a casino: you take a chance and hope you hit it big. Even the first-overall pick has the chance to be a major loss, sometimes with injuries derailing careers, or prospects who were never going to be a great professional player.
The same applies to the 25th overall pick, which once again falls into the lap of the Montreal Canadiens this year. While there’s not an all-star roster of players that have been picked, there’s been some solid NHL talent selected there over the years.