[TheIronMaiden]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

To follow up on SuperMatt18's post, not only does every team except Vegas have top 5 picks, but also, the teams with the most are not necessarily the teams winning the most cups. (Team, top 5 picks, cups - post lockout)

CBJ: 7, 0
CHI: 6, 3
EDM: 6, 0
MTL: 6, 0
CAR: 5, 1
PHX: 5, 0
LAK: 5, 2
NYI: 5, 0
COL: 5, 1
NJD: 5, 0
ANA: 4, 1
FLA: 4, 1
BUF: 4, 0
TOR: 4, 0
WSH: 3, 1
PIT: 3, 3
TBL: 3, 2
PHI: 3, 0
WPG: 3, 0
OTT: 3, 0
STL: 2, 1
BOS: 2, 1
NYR: 2, 0
SEA: 2, 0
SJS: 2, 0
VAN: 2, 0
CGY: 1, 0
DAL: 1, 0
NSH: 1, 0
DET: 1, 1
MIN: 1, 0
VGS: 0, 1

There were 14 teams that drafted at least 4 times in the top 5 over that period. Those 14 teams won 9 of the last 19 cups.

There were 18 teams that had 3 or fewer top 5 picks, and those teams have won 10 of the 19 cups. And that includes SEA and VGS who haven't been in the league long.

No correlation whatsoever.

I like they layout of this post, but disagree with the conclusion.

For starters, Vegas and Seattle should not be considered for a list like this.

So the ratio should be

Teams with 3 or more picks in the top 5 9/20 win the cup.
Teams with 2 or fewer 3/10

but even that is inexact because it doesn't account for the fact that many teams use those players to win multiple cups.

Excluding the anomaly that is Vegas there has been 18 Stanley cups awarded since the lock out of those 15/18 have been won by teams with 3 or more picks in the top 5.