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Originally Posted by moon
The Ducks had two of the best defensemen of all time and possibly the best two in the league at the time. They also had Selanne who is decent and Getzlaf/Perry don't suck. Andy Macdonald was a PPG player that year as well.
LA had Doughty, Kopitar, Carter and Richards who all were top level talents, plus arguably the best goalie in the world in Quick.
Both those teams won because they had elite level talent.
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Great, but your original point was that it is better to tank to get elite players. The only guy on the Kings that was a lottery pick was Doughty. Niedermayer and Pronger were the only top 5 picks on the Ducks (that actually mattered to the win) and neither of them were drafted by the Ducks.
So of all the elite players on those two cup winners, there was one lottery pick. That doesn't exactly support the conclusion.
Edit: what Calgary4Life said.