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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
Well I said including this years draft as I assume the Islanders will not pick top 4, which would add them in. Current win percentage in the NHL (which is the only way you can determine the top 10 when every team has not played the same number of games) has 5 teams in the top 10 (NYI, Vegas, Washington, Minnesota, Boston) who including the 2021 draft will not have picked in the top 10.
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Given the special circumstances of this season, I am fairly hesitant to call Minnesota a top team. They have managed to be for less than 40 games.
One of those teams you have listed won a championship in the last ten years thanks to the best goal-scorer in history, who was drafted #1 overall. Another built their team exclusively through the expansion draft. So, that is three teams.
How many teams win a championship without their own top-four pick in the lineup?
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To answer your point, you did not debunk my claim because you did not understand the goalposts and did not use the only way you can determine top 10 teams when every team has not played the same number of games.
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You made the point flippantly as if to suggest it is commonplace to become an elite team without drafting in the top-four. I have demonstrated that it most certainly is not.