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Originally Posted by Badgers Nose
Interesting that draft success measured this way does not correlate to success in the standings. BUF and COL are good at drafting, bad at winning.
And look at Detroit. Way down the list.
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Conversley I see three Stanley Cup winning teams over the last decade, four finalists, and a perenial contender in the Sharks in the top 10 which is 50% of the top drafting teams having very good success. Drafting is a big part of the puzzle but coaching, developement, and adding key pieces in trades and free agency also matter which is why the Avalanche (coaching especially hurt them) stink and Buffalo hasn't had a lot of success lately but were pretty competitive in the past decade overall.
When you look at the top 10 the only team you can say that hasn't had much success overall is the Avalanche but IMO that's self inflicted due to poor management and coaching. Otherwise that list confirms what we already knew in that drafting plays a role in team success. If you draft consistently amongst the top teams chances are your team will ice a competitive product and half the time a cup contender.