They most definitely do not.
I think it's nowadays a 50/50 split.
50% from Elite Talents will come from Top15 picks. Every team ouside of playoffs have one chance there.
But another 50% of Elite Talents will come outside of TOP15. It's all other draft pick probabilities combined together.
They are there.
Just get lucky with them in maximizing your draft picks and analyzes.
#33 COL, C Ryan O'Reilly
#35 CAR, F Sebastian Aho
#37 CBJ, F Boone Jenner
#43 CHI, LW Brandon Saad
#47 LAK, RW Tyler Toffoli
#51 NYR, C Derek Stepan
#55 MTL, W Artturi Lehkonen
#58 ARZ, C Christian Dvorak
#58 TBL, RW Nikita Kucherov
#60 DET, W Tomas Tatar
#61 LAK, W Wayne Simmonds
#64 FLO, C Vincent Trocheck
#75 NYR, F Pavel Buchnevich
#77 PIT, LW Jake Guentzel
#79 TBL, C Brayden Point
#104 CGY, LW Johnny Hockey
#110 DET, F Andreas Athanasiou
#112 NSH, W Viktor Arvidsson
#121 DET, W Gustav Nyquist
#129 DAL, LW Jamie Benn
#130 OTT, LW Mike Hoffman
#147 MTL, RW Brendan Callagher
#157 CBJ, RW Cam Atkinson
#178 OTT, RW Mark Stone
#208 TBL, LW Ondrej Palat
#37 CAR, RD Justin Faulk
#37 BOS, RD Brandon Carlo
#38 NSH, LD Roman Josi
#43 MTL, RD PK Subban
#43 ANA, RD Justin Schultz
#53 NYI, RD Travis Hamonic
#64 COL, RD Tyson Barrie
#66 CAR, RD Brett Pesce
#78 PHI, LD Shayne Gostisbehere
#86 STL, RD Colton Parayko
#95 LAK, LD Alec Martinez
#102 NSH, LD Mattias Ekholm
#106 ANA, RD Sami Vatanen
#114 CGY, LD TJ Brodie
#120 CAR, LD Jaccob Slavin
#131 DAL, RD John Klingberg
#141 LAK, LD Jake Muzzin
#160 ANA, RD Josh Manson
#201 SJS, RD Justin Braun
Looks like Carolina and Tampa Bay has been drafting best on latest years outside of the 1st round.
Let's hire their scouting directors, whatever it would cost. Let's burn some PIZZA money!
EDIT:
Teams with most hits outside of 1st:
Carolina, 4 (1x forward,
3x defenceman)
Los Angeles, 4 (2x forward, 2x defenceman)
Anaheim, 3 (
3x defenceman)
Nashville, 3 (1x forward, 2x defenceman)
Montreal, 3 (2x forward, 1 defenceman)
Tampa Bay, 3 (
3x forward)
Detroit, 3 (
3x forward)
Dallas, 2 (1 forward, 1 defenceman)
Colorado, 2 (1 forward, 1 defenceman)
Calgary, 2 (1 forward, 1 defenceman)
Columbus, 2 (2x forwards)
NY Rangers, 2 (2x forwards)
Ottawa, 2 (2 forwards)
One-hit wonders (could be just being lucky)
BOS, 1 defenceman
NYI, 1 defenceman
PHI, 1 defenceman
STL, 1 defenceman
SJS, 1 defenceman
CHI, 1 forward
ARZ, 1 forward
FLO, 1 forward
PIT, 1 forward