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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
It's been explained many times, but nearly all teams in the league have picked top 3 in the last 30 years. Pretty sure it's only CGY and DET (and VGK)
MIN and NAS only did it in their first year, but they've both had plenty of top 10 picks, including 4OAs. DAL got Heiskanen 3OA, but have otherwise had very few top 10 picks. You gotta go back to 96-98 where SJ picked 2/2/3, but they got like 20 years out of Marleau (and of course they won a 3OA pick that became Stutzle)
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In the cap era, four teams have won multiple cups - the Penguins (3) Blackhawks (3) Kings (2) and Lightning (2).
They all got at least one franchise player out of a top-2 pick.
Sid, Geno, Fleury, Stamkos, Hedman, Doughty, Kane.
Look what happens to that group of players when you swap them with the very next player drafted.
Pittsburgh is left with Bobby Ryan, Cam Barker and Eric Staal.
Tampa has Doughty and Matt Duchene.
Chicago selects JVR.
LA gets Zach Bogosian.
10 Stanley Cups becomes one at best, with the Duchene/Doughty Lightning being the only team that has a chance of maybe cashing one in.
Everyone else is DOA.