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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
Bergeron, Marchand, Carlo, Krug, were all guys taken after the 1st round. Pastrnak was 25th overall. They won their Stanley Cup with Tim Thomas, who they signed for nothing out of Europe.
Chara/Redden, yes they got lucky with that. But the Bruins consistently find value without drafting top-5. Or even top 10.
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Bergeron and Marchand. Both players taken over 10 years ago. Hell, Bergeron was a part of the Bruins organization before Gio was a part of the Flames. This is like a Red swigs scenario. A couple really good picks make people think they’re better at drafting than they really are.
In the same timespan between Bergeron and Carlo the Flames have Gio, Brodie, and Gaudreau. Ferland and Bouma acquired a lot of GP, a handful of players, but really how much better have the Bruins’ post 1st Round picks been in that time? Take away that ‘06 draft with Marchand and Lucic and just how consistent are those picks compared to the Flames or the rest of the league?
The teams’ success was built around Chara. That overcame a lot of bad moves, and helped improve a lot of other ones.