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Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce
Since the lockout, who has won the Cup who didn't have minimum of a 2nd overall pick they drafted in the lineup?
Detroit - but doesn't count due to early jump by drafting from Europe.
Anaheim? Maybe - Ryan was 2nd OV pick but I doubt was in lineup yet.
Regardless, Its not a guarantee you have to really suck first to ultimately win, but recent history suggests it sure helps.
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Boston in 2011 (as well as making the finals in '13) didn't have a homegrown 1st or 2nd-overall draftee. But they had made a colossal (literally) free-agent signing in Chara, and getting franchise players for nothing via free agency isn't a dependable way to build a contender. Hence your point stands.