He didn’t luck out, Kucherov was highly regarded by scouts for his talent but two factors came into play dropping him out of 1st round.
Back in 2011 Russian players preferred KHL $ route vs joining NHL on ELC $, which is why Kuznetsov dropped so far to late 1st round in 2010, and secondly there were questions is Kucherov could handle the physical NA game - skill level was never a question
Skill was never a question for many busts ....Kuch had more questions marks on him
This was a player who way exceeded expectations and good on TB