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Originally Posted by Hunter7
You trade second tier youngsters with lower upside, like Casey Cizikas, Krill Kabanov, Josh Bailey or David Ullstrom to add veteran leadership.
You don't trade your #1 prospect when you are building with youth, to add a 29 or 30 yr old.
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I said it would be foolish for the Islanders to deal Nino for Giordano. For one the Islanders are not quite close enough to add those expensive veterans, and second Gio isn't good enough to put them over the top.
But two years from now when the Islanders are ready to take the next step they would likely be smart to trade their top prospect then for a guy who is 28/29 and will put them over the top.
In order to win these teams with stacked youth have to add some veterans by trading top prospects and future 1st rounders.
The Kings traded Schenn/Simmonds to bring in Mike Richards last season, the Bruins lost a two 1sts/Colbourne to bring in Horton/Kaberle or the Hawks bringing Hossa for their win (Hossa wasn't a trade but the cap implications cost them to lose some young guys).
As some point the Islanders will have to make those types of moves if they want to win a cup.