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- Aug 12, 2005
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Reading Doug MacLean's book Draft Day. Interesting read.
But there's a chapter where it talks about Stanley Cup Champs and how many drafted players they have on their team.
The goal is to have atleast 10.
Happened with the likes of Detroit, Pitt, Chicago, LA and Tampa. Occasional outlier (i.e. Vegas) but mostly held true.
Nucks currently have 5 by my count:
1. EP
2. Hughes
3. Demko
4. Boeser
5. Hoglander
Not impossible but would need alot of other things to work out (trades, etc.).
So as much as I understand trying to support the current roster, you still need to draft players to hopefully come in on ELCs and produce.
I would say former high picks (either drafted or acquired) tend to be keys. Vegas had Eichel and Pietrangelo. The outlier is actually the Datsyuk/Zetterberg era Detroit teams on your list.