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Originally Posted by JayP
Well, according to what I can find we have a 1st, 3rd, 4th, 6th and two 7th round pick this year - six picks total.
No team loads up on 12 picks and hopes it all works out. Getting additional picks over multiple years is clearly the ideal strategy and we're still at least 3 additional draft picks away from making this year #1 in our multiple year strategy. So you tell me how we acquire these extra picks (particularly higher picks of more value). Or do we just go with the status quo and call it rebuilding?
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I don't think I have said anything remotely like that, but whatever.
I think you have to move Iginla, Cammalleri, and probably Stempniak this year. iginla is a given due to his contract, the potential return, plus the fact that I think there will be too much bad blood this year to make an extension a viable solution.
As for others, first you have to decide who you want to have around in 3 years and beyond. And that is not as simple as going down the list and saying yes or no - some guys might make sense for a while. Bouwmeester is a guy I probably hold on to until next year for example, to see he evolves.
I wouldn't move Kiprusoff this year as there are too many questions in net - let's see what Ramo can do and this season is giving aIrving a look as well (though I don't hold out much hope there). Obviously with Kipper though, you have to discuss his plans with him - if he is plannign on hanging them up (which I highly doubt) then that changes things with him.
I'll stop now - this is precisely why I didn't want to get into details. THis is not something you can put down on ppaer in a few sentences. You need a plan -an ongoing plan. And we could go through this for hours.
I will say this though: if it were my team, drafting is tp priority and my ongoing plan would always be to try and have extra picks each year (saving the 'spend some picks' strategy for the years where everything is coming together.