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Originally Posted by moon
Top 3 picks in the draft are the easiest way to get that elite level talent that is why it is important.
7 of the last 10 Hart Trophy winners are top 3 picks.
7 of the top 10 scorers in the league are top 3 picks (Stamkos likely beats out Pavelski and crew to make it 8 if he is healthy). Last year was 7 of 10 as well.
6 of the 15 forwards selected for Team Canada were top 3 picks (that allows for MSL who originally was selected) and 3 of the other came from the 2003 draft which likely isn't happening again.
Already pointed out the importance to Stanley Cup champions of having top 3 draft picks on the roster and it is skewed even more so that way after the look-out.
Sure we can hope to luck into some with late round picks but consdering top drafting teams like Boston and Detroit miss more than hit not sure our chances are great. We can hope that we can pick up some other teams disgruntled star but those rarely seem to come to Canada or bottom of the standings teams.
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We're having two different conversations, I think.
I'm not in any way denying that elite talent isn't found in the top 3 rounds. It is, nobody is saying it isn't. The sole focus of what I'm trying to say is that you don't NEED a top 3 pick. You don't need a whole lot of top 6 picks. Does it help? Of course. But it doesn't change the fact that a hard working team is half the battle. We have that, and it's not worth sacrificing to drop two spots in a draft to MAYBE pick up a better player at 3 than a 5.