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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
This too often gets overlooked.
For Colorado, Tampa, Washington, etc it was generally about 12-14 years after their first top 3 pick that they won the cup. Hawks and Kings won close to their top pick, but had been bad for years before making those picks.
Pittsburgh is the exception (they also won the Crosby lottery) but for the most part but generally the teams are really bad for a while first.
IMO the key is still less about drafting top 3, and more about just drafting well overall. The key for all these teams was strong depth to go along with the star players due to strong overall drafting and player development.
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IMO the key is drafting top 3 and hopefully getting lucky and getting 1st (odds of a star player at 1 vs 2 or 3 is much higher)
No matter what your plan is, you always need to draft well. That is the differnce between Edmonton and the teams that have won.
But your no matter what the plan is, all teams most years have picks and the teams that draft well usually are good teams. But the teams that get high end stars and draft very well win the cup. You need both.
The Flames have been top 10 IMO drafting outside the 1st round in the past decade or so. Carolina and Tampa are top 2 and Dallas might be 3rd. If the Flames rebuild, hopefully the drafting continues or even improves with extra picks. This team isn't good because we don't have stars