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Originally Posted by jayswin
Almost every Stanley Cup winner has built a core through high draft picks, why do we try so hard to handwave this away on CP, all time?
I don't get it. Is it because we think the Flames won't do it so we have to toe the line and pretend there's other ways to become Stanley Cup contenders? Cling to two outliers in like 20 years as how you can win a Cup without sucking/tanking for lots of years?
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This has been explained many, many times.
Ninety percent of Stanley Cup winners have a top-3 draft pick.
Ninety percent of all teams have a top-3 draft pick.
The outlier is not winning the Cup without a top pick. The outlier is being one of those 10% of teams in the first place.