So basically Colorado (Sakic's team of the 90s), Chicago, Pittsburgh, Washington, LA, are just flukes?
Avs had McKinnon and Rantanen, any team would have started turning it around with such key pieces.
Talking about non-sensical arguments,
Thanks for proving my point? You forgot Edmonton, Winnipeg. So basically half the top 10 you are talking about are emerging contenders.
Secondly, tanking isn't drafting top 10 for 1 year, those are bad years (like the habs 2 last top 3 picks). Tanking is top 5-7 picks for 3-4 straight years.
Time and time again, tanking teams win it all. They are 75%+ of cups winners in the past 15 years.