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Originally Posted by GirlySports
I think it does.
Look at LA's rebuild. They were in the cellar for a decade. Pittsburgh, Boston and Chicago obviously. Islanders made the playoffs last year, Florida won the division in 2012.
There is obviously only one cup but the bad teams are improving. It's still tough to make the playoffs (16/30) and if there is mismanagement, a team falls back a few years. In the Oilers case, forever.
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Law of averages dictates that bad teams generally get better and the good teams get worse. There doesn't seem to be much of a reason to suspect it has something to do with the draft. Also, Florida and the Islanders suck again. Their passing non-suckage seems more like by-product of the overall weakness of the Eastern conference than anything else. A blip on the radar when it comes to the big picture.
Also, LA and Chicago are both teams that not only drafted high, but drafted a lot.