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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
WHo is going for a Cup this year and who are their 3 star players? My list would be
Winnipeg - Connor (17th overall), Morrisey (13th overall) and Hellebuyck (150th overall)
Washington - Ovechkin (1st overall), Strome (4th overall) and Thompson (undrafted)
Dallas (before today) - Robertson (39th overall), Johnston (23rd overall), Hintz maybe (49th overall)
Tampa - Kucherov (58th overall), Hagel (159th overall), Point (79th overall)
Vegas - Stone (178th overall), Eichel (2nd overall), Theodore (26th overall)
Florida - Barkov (3rd overall), Tkachuk (6th overall), Reinhart (2nd overall).
The only team that seems to follow this "you can only get good players at the top of the draft" appears to be Florida.
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You ignored the point that non top picks historically take a lot longer to develop. So assume the 4 1sts in the next 2 years turn into 2 core starish players , and assume one of the players in the current pipeline turns out
That’s still 4/5 years from now .
That’s why I have a real problem seeing how this teams wants to get elite . Wait for 5 years “competing” for the 8th spot and hope a late first turns out - when more often then not they don’t .
It’s also convient you left out Colorado , Hedman, Hesiikanen , and edmontons players trying to “prove” your point
No confirmation bias there at all !