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Originally Posted by ComixZone
How many teams have won Stanley Cups in recent years without top-4 draft picks on their roster?
In the cap-era, the odds are overwhelmingly against you if you don't have top-4 draft picks on your roster.
The fact we got Tkachuk at 6 would be a massive win (and Gaudreau at 104) if they were being added to a team that had a 1st and a 3rd overall already on their roster. That's how you end up a Championship quality team.
The fact that the Flames have been able to build the roster they've built without those top-4 picks is actually pretty damn impressive and why I think Treliving should be the GM of a proper Calgary Flames rebuild. I think he's a very good GM, but he just can't overcome the lack of those top of the draft players.
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The "cap era" is nearly two decades...cup winners have them because basically every team has them.
Gaudreau, Tkachuk, Lindholm, and Markstom are all top 4 pick talents
Gaudreau was one of the 5 best players in the entire NHL this season...probably top 3
Markstom the 2nd best goalie until round two
Lindholm the 2nd best 2 way center
Tkachuk outscored most of the league too
They have the top end talent, need to build around it and hope the goalie doesn't have his worst week of the season during the playoffs.