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Originally Posted by Jay Random
I'm not suggesting anything. I'm saying that the Blues drafting a disappointing player #1 overall in 2006, and trading that player away in 2011, did nothing to help them win the Cup in 2019. People are talking about having top-3 draft picks on your roster. Well, Erik Johnson was not on the Blues' roster when they won the Stanley Cup, and neither were any of the players they traded him for.
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there have a been a number of exceptions in the last 20 years; I think people have already conceded that teams like STL, Detroit and the Bruins (since Seguin wasn't a huge contributor on their run) are exceptions to that.
Every other team has had top 3 players that have made major contributions to their SC wins.
Sure, you can find and develop elite talent as non top 3 picks, but we are talking about probability here.
Calgary has been doing the 'non tank' method for the last 30 years and frankly, I don't see anyone close on those rosters since the 90s that were drafted by Calgary and turned into elite NHL players close to being a Kucherov, Point or Pasternak.