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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
I agree with this. Most of the key pieces of the Bruins Cup contending/winning team were snagged with second and third round picks. That's why it irritates me greatly when people claim you can only draft elite talent with top five draft picks, and that the Flames should be aiming for the gutter because of that claim.
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Now, granted, there is luck involved, but that's why you need to increase picks, not decrease them... there are a lot of great players drafted later. Sure, its definitely more of a crap shoot, but Stanley Cup teams are built through the draft, so you need to accumulate picks.