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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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Drouin, picked during their two year “second rebuild” before they went to the Finals. I personally would gladly take a 3 year rebuild, then a trip to the conference finals and then a two year rebuild and then basically a decade run of very good hockey.
Don’t disagree that you need the later picks too but the Lightning were able to avoid a long period in the wilderness because they hit on a number one pick and a number two pick.