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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Another way to spin that is that three first-overall-picks have been Stanley Cup winners in the past 10 years. And this more accurately factors into consideration the much greater importance of the draft in the last decade, the way the game has changed since 2004, and the fact that the most recent first-overall-picks will not make much of an immediate impact. To put it another way, that's 3/5 top-picks between 2003–2007.
Sorry, but my money is on Tavares, Stamkos, and any other #1 pick not playing for the Edmonton Oilers becoming parts of championship teams at some point over the next decade.
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Not sure what "spin" you are implying. The only conjecture was in your post. It's your opinion that is stated to arrive at 3/5 of the last number one drafts having an important impact? How about some facts to substantiate that?
I stated facts - the reason why I didn't go any further was it was beyond my time, and I wouldn't have know any of the players. You want to parse the draft, hell, you might as well cited Kane's year as a basis that the #1 pick = Stanley Cup.
Don't forget, two of the first overall picks who won a Cup were on the same team: Fleury and Crosby. So 2 teams in ten year with the #1 pick have won the cup
I'll take that bet any day of the week. The caveat is that they have to win with the team that selected them...