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Originally Posted by browntrout
Not so sure about, literally every team in the last 13 years have players drafted in the top 4, 10 of those championship teams have 1st overall picks. Drafting 1st overall improves your chances dramatically of winning a cup. If the Rangers beat Carolina, Oilers beat flames, assuming Colorado wins, those last 4 teams all have 1st overall picks.
The flames if they win a cup, are going to have to model themselves after St.Louis, great goaltending, great coaching and some luck and they are not leading in any of those metrics right. The St.Louis model represents 7.69 percent of the Stanley cups won in the last 13 years.
Drafting 1st overall matters.....ALOT
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I agree drafting first vs drafting top 3 is a huge difference. But you can chase first for years and not get it. Once you get it great but it’s not a guarantee to get