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Originally Posted by GioforPM
The point is that this is almost like saying "which teams won without a Canadian on the roster".
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The top-5 pick argument is not meant to say that top-5 picks solve all your problems. Because it won’t.
BUT.
If you have a top-5 pick, you have:
-a 2nd that’s functionally a late 1st
-a 3rd that’s functionally a late 2nd.
Not necessarily where you find superstars, but certainly where you can find viable NHL talent.
You also likely have a pile of other assets that you collected at the previous deadline. Likely at least one more pick in each of the first three rounds, plus some other prospects who are knocking on the door.
And that’s just from one year.
It’s very uncommon to fall to a bottom-5 team and then back to drafting in the teens in perpetuity. As we’re seeing, it’s hard to be THAT bad.
Having two or three years where you add 2-4 Grushnikov/Brzustewicz types, 2-4 extra top-60 picks, plus 2-3 top-5/10 picks, and somewhere in there you are going to be able to draft, develop, or trade for, all the pieces you need.