The hawks were a bottom 3 team in the league, so getting #1 (even though Anaheim's odds were fantastic) wasn't completely out of left field and unexpected the way the Bulls getting Rose in 08 when they were the 10th or 11th worst team.
I'd argue Houston taking Mark Appel #1 in 2013, who quit baseball a year or two later for injury and religion (then eventually came back a year ago) for the cubs to get Kris Bryant #2 was better luck. Or even the Colts snatching defeat from the jaws of victory week 18 of the NFL in January against Houston giving the bears #1 which Poles turned what he just turned it into.
But then again who cares. Hopefully, Bedard is the generational player everyone makes him out to be. That'll turn the chapter pretty quick on the Kane/Toews era.