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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
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.
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There are only 7 teams that haven’t picked multiple times in the top 5 since 2003.
What I found interesting is that 6/7 have either won the cup or appeared in the finals in that same time frame. And 7/25 teams with multiple picks have failed to do either.
It’s not just Edmonton and Toronto that haven’t broken through, it’s Buffalo, NYI, Columbus, Arizona, New Jersey, Carolina, etc. LA and Chicago are up there for # of top 5 picks with all these teams, but the funny difference is that both LA and CHI’s appearance in the top 5 are pre and post-cup win combined, while all the rest of these teams have yet to even see a cup final in the past 15 years or so (except Jersey a decade ago).