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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
Now do Chicago, LA, Pittsburgh, Washington. Also let me know which one of these teams took a roster without a homegrown top 5 pick to the finals.
I’m waiting.
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Well the number of NHL teams that currently do not have a homegrown top 5 pick on their roster or in their system are
Vegas (made the cup finals twice without one)
Bruins (made the cup finals without one)
New York Islanders
Winnipeg Jets (currently 1st overall in the league)
Minnesota Wild
Nashville Preds (made the Cup Finals without a top 5 pick)
St. Louis Blues
Calgary Flames
The other 24 teams have top 5 picks that were homegrown. So 75% of teams have top 5 picks. Not sure it is an indicator of anything beyond most teams have top 5 picks in their system at any given time.
Hope this helps.