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Originally Posted by wireframe
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.
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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.
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Improve steadily but surely, and then acquire one through trade or free agency.
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