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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
I couldn't care less if you disagree. I have looked through the data several times and that is a trend that I see. If you want to look and see what your analysis finds, go ahead.
As for 2003, any team that had a lot of picks that year would likely do well. But that is cherry-picking. Look at it year by year. There is usually a team pretty much every year that has several extra picks. It usually reults in very little for them.
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The key is multiple picks in the 2nd and 3rd rounds, that is how the Bruins were successful.
2003:
Two second rounders: Bergeron and Marjamaki
2004:
Two second rounders: Krejci and Karsums
2006:
Two Second Rounders: Alexandrov and Lucic
Third Rounder: Marchand
2010:
Two Second Rounders: Knight and Spooner (Two names that might help them get Iginla.)
If you have lots of picks in the 2nd and 3rd rounds you are more likely to get a sleeper.
Agree though that they key is 2 or 3 extra picks per year, loading up all in on year means you are drafting players you necessarily don't have ranked as high.