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Originally Posted by Icon
Great post, on the quoted point, the next thing that would need to be looked at to draw any conclusions here is the % of playoff teams each year that have starting goalies who they drafted. My take would be IF that number is slowly going up over the years, that it's due to better scouting & finding better young goalies than anything else.
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I suspect that going forward the trend will keep getting stronger in favor of goalies drafted by the winning team, however, I think the trend for % of players drafted by the Stanely Cup winning team is also going to increase. Drafting has become a strong focal point in the NHL and teams are putting more resources into nailing their draft picks, and then developing them.