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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
Ummm...St Louis drafted Pietrangelo 4OA 11 years before winning their cup, and didn't pick higher than the teens after that...
How many teams have picked multiple top 5 since 2003 (if you want to include Washington we've gotta go back that far...)? It's probably easier to think of the teams that haven't...
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Some (not all) Teams that have picked top-5 multiple times since 2003:
Pittsburgh - 3 rings
Washington - 1 ring
Tampa Bay - 2 rings
Colorado - 1 ring
Chicago - 3 rings
Los Angeles - 2 rings
Since drafting Stamkos and Hedman, Tampa has been to the conference finals SEVEN TIMES.
From 2008 onward, Pittsburgh, Chicago, LA, or Tampa have been in 13 of the 16 finals.
The Leafs and Oilers haven’t broken through yet - their chances are inarguably better WITH Matthews/Marner/Tavares or McDavid/Draisaitl than without.
It’s why it was so important for Calgary to come away with Jack Eichel - they weren’t ever going to be in a position to draft that type of player on their own, and that was the only move that could’ve convinced Gaudreau and Tkachuk to stay.