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Old 08-12-2014, 08:11 AM   #122
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Originally Posted by wireframe View Post
This stat is disingenuous. Seguin did not play a significant role on the winning Boston team. Nor did Brad Stuart push the 2008 red wine over the edge. And in that time, many of the top 3 draft picks on cup winning teams were acquired outside of the draft.

I get what you're trying to say - one elite player is required to win a championship - but that player does not necessarily have to be drafted by the winning team at the top of the draft.
This is true, however, which seems like the more realistic, plausible route to getting a top-three pick on the Calgary Flames: be bad and draft one in the next two years.
or
Improve steadily but surely, and then acquire one through trade or free agency.

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