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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Can the anti-tankers name teams who have won Cups in the last 15 years who did not have any top-3 picks on the roster?
Tanking doesn’t guarantee success. But not tanking almost guarantees never being elite. That’s just the way the NHL is designed.
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The 2011 Boston Bruins did have Seguin, but got that pick by trading Kessel who they drafted 5th overall. My memory is a bit fuzzy but I don't think Seguin was a game breaker back then either, so they could very well have won the cup without him. Otherwise, they've never really tanked in recent memory and I'd say there have been a lot of elite Boston teams over the years, including the last few. The Boston model seems hard to emulate but it is possible.