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Originally Posted by ComixZone
You need top-3 picks, and you need to be one of the best managed teams in the league.
You can do one without the other and you'll win nothing.
"Good teams don't win Stanley Cups because not all good teams win the Stanley Cup"
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You need elite talent. The most probable way to find elite talent is high in the draft. But you also need to draft and develop well, make savvy trades, etc. But expecting to find elite talent multiple times outside the top 3 is extremely unlikely. Which is why drafting in the top 3-5 multiple times is almost a neccesity.
Washington found Ovechkin and Backstrom early in the draft and found Kuznetsov and Carlson late in the draft.
Tampa found Stamkos and Hedman early in the draft and found Point and Kucherov late in the draft.
Pittsburgh found Crosby and Malkin early in the draft and Letang and Guentzel late in the draft.
Kane and Toews early...Keith, Seakbrook late
Mckinnon, Landeskog, and Makar early...Rantanen late