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Originally Posted by New Era
The system is no longer setup that you can suck and you're guaranteed of drafting top two. You can be dead last and you have better odds of drafting third. So of the top centers that means you can forget about getting a number one by sucking. The odds are better for teams that try to be competitive because of the damn lottery. But things aren't as bad as some like to paint the picture. Here's where some of the top 20 centers have been drafted.
Mark Scheifele - #7
Mika Zibanejad - #6
Sebastian Aho - #35
JT Miller - #15
Ryan O'Reilly - #33
Brayden Point - #79
Antze Kopitar - #11
Matthew Barzal - #16
Patrice Bergeron - #45
The talent is out there, your scouts just have to identify it and develop it.
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Look at teams that have won the cup multiple times since the salary cap era:
Blackhawks - 2010, 2013, 2015
Penguins - 2009, 2016, 2017
Kings - 2012, 2014
And possibly the Lightning again this season (along with 2020).
All 4 of those teams had at least one top 3 pick to help push the team to the top. In the LA Kings’ case, it was Doughty who was picked in the top 3.