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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Post hoc, ergo propter hoc. An elementary fallacy.
Over 90% of the teams in the league have had top-3 draft picks. Of course most of the successful teams will be found in that group. So will most of the unsuccessful teams. It means jack squat.
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Well the Flames haven’t had a top 3 pick and they’ve won 1 playoff series since 2005/2006, and 4 total since 1990…so I suppose what they are doing is clearly working, so I suppose they shouldn’t change.
The last time a team won the cup without at least a top-4 pick on their roster? The Red Wings in 2008, and they had a generational defencemen that was found in the 3rd round in 1989, and possibly the greatest goalie ever, and he was drafted in 1983. That 2008 team is the ONLY team in the modern era (2005-current) to accomplish that feat.