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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Of course, he was picked in a rebuild that took place over a decade earlier (along with a 1OA the year before). They'd already gotten bad again and drafted 3OA in 2013. But they got Drouin in that one. It wasn't until their later picks like Vasilevsky, Kucherov and Point (along with Cirelli and Colton) came, and after they fillied in with trades, that they were cup winners.
You need to hit on those high picks. But you also need more. Because while nearly every cup winning team has some, so do a lot of non winners. Look north, look at Buffalo, look at Columbus.
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Colorado is another example that essentially had to undergo a double rebuild. But it's important to note that neither them nor TB tried to sell assets to speed up the rebuild- instead, they allowed themselves to falter, drafted high again, turned around some of those early takes for better players (Drouin into Sergachev +, Duchene for Byram (Now Middlestadt)+ Girard).
But, the result is still that you have to suck and draft really high to be a legit contender.