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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Missing is Detroit, who won in 2008. And while Boston won in 2011, their selection of Tyler Seguin the previous summer was arguably irrelevant to this discussion, having played only 13 playoff games. The same holds for the Anaheim Ducks. So, that is actually five out of the last twelve Cup winners who either did not draft in the top-two, or whose top-two selections had nothing to do with their championships.
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When ever this conversation comes up about rebuilds, what is almost missed is that most of those cup winners got extreme value from picks outside the top of the draft.
Bruins hit on late picks with Lucic, Marchand, Bergeron, and Kreji. The later 3 were the top 3 scorers on the team on their run.
Tampa probably doesn't get their cups without the contributions from late picks like Kucherov, and Point. Both years they were top scorers.
Off the top of my head, Pittsburgh is one of the few teams that you look back to and can say that the top 3 picks, they selected, carried the team. Maybe Chicago as well, but they also had a bunch of picks outside the top of the draft that contributed.