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Originally Posted by moon
They were selected in the last half of the first round in the deepest draft ever. I am sure there are others selected in the last half of the first round but they are fairly rare. Using the 2003 draft can be a bit tricky because it is unlikely that other drafts will ever produce that much talent in the 1st (and 2nd) round again.
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Yeah, definitely not normal, but you can still find a lot of great young players to build around. Guys like Keith, Giroux, Benn, Karrlson...all selected out of the Top 10 as well.
Detroit built their Cup champions with terrible draft spots....but they made a lot of them count. Lidstrom, Zetterberg, Datsyuk, Franzen, Filipula, Kronwall etc....none of them were Top 10 (most weren't even first rounders). The last time they picked in the Top 10 was 1991...and yet they managed to be at the top for two decades.
Definitely, a lot easier road to hoe when you have Top 5 picks, but there is a way to get by without it. I suggest the Top 5 route for the Flames though...