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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
I don't think the Kings are the same as those others. They didn't have an extended tank and a lot of their key pieces were not top 5 picks. The only one that was is Drew Doughty. But the other elite piece (Kopitar) was #11.
Hawks, Pens, Avs - all built their cores around really high picks. The Kings didn't.
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The Kings are an outlier as they were never a regular season powerhouse and snuck into the playoffs as bottom seeds for their two cup wins. Basically the Eli Manning NY Giants. Once Darryl squeezed them dry they were pretty well finished after their cups. They were more right time and place than what I would consider a blueprint for winning a cup.