And what makes Boston different is that during their initial Cup-contention window they were able to draft McAvoy, Pastrnak, and Swayman at 15, 25, and 111 which prolonged them being an elite team. They were able to retool those 2010/13 Cup teams by finding stars later in the draft and you even had Marchand blosom into a star later than most players. It would never be an apples to apples comparison between Cup-contending teams throughout their decline and rebuild/retool but it would be an interesting tought exercise nonetheless.