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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Other posters have mentioned this before, and so have I, but it bears repeating:
Ninety percent of Stanley Cup winners have had a top-3 draft pick to build on.
Ninety percent of all teams have had a top-3 draft pick to build on.
It doesn't alter the odds.
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I said self drafted first or second pick
But cool stat that has nothing to do with what I posted !
You win cups by drafting superstars with your top 2 picks. 13 of the last 15 teams meet this criteria , and one was an expansion team
It is how you win a cup , hands down
Teams don’t let those 1st and 2nd superstars leave (unless they demand a trade like Eichel who then ….. won the cup )
Having a traded top 3 pick in your team isn’t the same . There’s a reason they are allowed to leave their teams. Cause they aren’t superstars