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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
Florida hasn't picked in the top ten since 2014.
Dallas has 1 top ten pick since 2009
Carolina has had 4 top ten picks in the past ten years - but more of them play on the Flames than they do for the Hurricanes.
Outside of the Oilers (who took about 15 tries to get it right) its not exactly a huge correlation to being terrible and then winning.
The 2018 draft was 5 years ago:
1. Buffalo (still haven't made the playoffs)- still rebuilding
2. Carolina - they are good
3. Montreal - one of the worst teams in the league
4. Ottawa - still rebuilding
5. Arizona - still rebuilding
6. Detroit - still rebuilding
7. Vancouver - doing whatever they do
8. Chicago - still rebuilding
9. Rangers - they are good - although really none of their high picks worked out
10. Edmonton - 15 year rebuild finally ended.
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Carolina won the lottery (they finished 21st) and the Rangers weren't really a full rebuild. The other 8 teams, that were all rebuilding 5 years ago, are still rebuilding, or are just trying to claw their way back up from the rebuild now.
Rebuilds don't take 5 years, they almost always take longer than that.
Sorry, the other 7 (EDM was in the process of clawing their way out of their 15-year rebuild)