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Originally Posted by getbak
Stamkos is the 5th first-overall pick from the '00s to win the Cup with the team that drafted him.
Only 5 players chosen first overall between 1970 and 1999 won the Cup with the team that drafted them (Lafleur, Potvin, Lemieux, Modano, Lecavallier*).
So far, no players drafted first overall in the 2010s has won the Cup with the team that drafted him. If I were a betting man, MacKinnon is the only one I'd put any money on to do it.
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Furthermore, I checked this out. Only 16 1st over-all draft picks have even won the Stanley Cup.
Plasse (68)
Houle (69)
Lafleur (71)
Potvin (73)
Green (76)
Smith (78)
Ramage (79)
Lemieux (84)
Murphy (86)
Modano (88)
Lecavalier (98)
Fleury (03)
Ovechkin (04)
Crosby (05)
Kane (07)
Stamkos (08)
Edit: I completely missed Michel Plasse, Rejean Houle, Rick Green, Bobby Smith and Rob Ramage.