Scout: Wings' past draft success is 'all dumb luck' By STEVE SCHRADER • THE TICKER • June 22, 2008 Surely it's the secret everyone wants to know: How do the Red Wings pinpoint players like Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg in the lower rounds of the NHL draft? "They don't," one unnamed scout told si.com. "They've just stumbled across a couple while feeling around in the dark. It's all dumb luck." Huh? The writer of the piece, Allan Muir, follows up on that premise by pointing out that, like other teams, the Wings have had many flops, too. So just because the Wings have a much better batting average with Nicklas Lidstrom, Tomas Holmstrom, Niklas Kronwall, Valtteri Filppula and Johan Franzen, it's just luck, eh? Here's what other teams need: a do-over. Tim Wharnsby of Toronto's Globe and Mail took a look at the 1998 NHL draft...
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