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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
2010: Hall, Seguin, Gudbranson
2011: RNH, Landeskog, Huberdeau
2012: Yakupov, Murray, Galchenyuk
2013: Mackinnon, Barkov, Drouin
2014: Ekblad, Reinhart, Draisaitl
2015: McDavid, Eichel, Strome
2016: Matthews, Laine, Dubois
2017: Hischier, Patrick, Heiskanen
2018: Dahlin, Svechnikov, Kotkaniemi
2019: Hughes, Kaako, Dach
2020: Lafrenier, Byfield, Stutzle
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As has been mentioned, if you're picking top 3 it typically means you are pretty darn bad and/or have been darn bad for a while. It's usually gonna take at least 5 years from the start of the rebuild; high picks often come early on, but not always*
The bolded were all picked by EDM, FLA, and BUF. 11/18 of those picks from '10-'15 went to three historically bad franchises...at least 7 years later and two of those teams have only now kinda started to level up.
It's too early to judge much since 2017, but there has been less concentration of picks:
NJDx2
NYRx2
BUF/MTL/CBJ have multiple high picks over a wider time frame.
2004-2009 were also incredible drafts for top end talent (probably 8 or 9 out of the 18 top 3 picks in those years are HOFers) + the legendary 2003 draft...it's no surprise that group has had a stranglehold on the Cup.
2010-12 pretty darn weak (do any of those guys sniff the HOF?). 2013-16 much stronger, but probably not quite the 50% HOF rate of the late 2000s.
*CHI got their high picks after several years of stocking the cupboards, creating a perfect storm of lots of lower picks starting to hit their prime at the same time as the generational talent(s) who were much quicker to get there:
2002 - Keith
2003 - Seabrook+Crawford+Byfuglien
2004 - 17 picks (albeit 9 rounds then) yielded Barker (3OA)+Bolland+Bickell+Brouwer
2005 - Hjalmarsson
2006 - Toews 3OA
2007 - Kane 1OA