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Originally Posted by traptor
I think its more insightful to look at teams with top 5 picks on their roster that they have drafted.
But honestly it's not the top 5 pick part that matters anyways.
It comes down to having an elite core that has developed together.
It's just way more likely to get elite pieces in the top 5 of a draft.
The flames don't have this core and the fastest way to get there is by drafting it.
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I think posters get way to caught up on top 3 or top 5 when you're right, the pick isn't what matters, landing a few elite players is what ultimately matters. The top 5 isn't a guaranteed way to land elite players, it isn't the only way, but it is the most probable way.
If your goal is to build a contender I think you should give your organization opportunities in all ways, including the most probable one which is drafting high, at least a few seasons. Drafting high is tough as it is. Building a contender without those high picks is significantly harder.
On top of high picks try to accumulate a surplus of later picks and hit on those, look for trades, look at free agents, etc. An organization should try to excel at every aspect of team building but the most difficult aspect of building a contender is finding those elite pieces so not using the most probable method to acquire them seems like a way to make things unnecessarily way more difficult.