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Originally Posted by blankall
Disagree.
2nd and 3rd round picks (even high ones) have a very slim chance of success.
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That may be the case. However, a lot of quality NHLers, including stars, come from 2nd and 3rd round picks. Just look at the Bruins. Bergeron - one of two 2nd round picks; Krejci - one of two 2nd round picks; Lucic - one of two 2nd round picks; Marchand - 3rd round pick. The lesson isn't that 2nd and 3rd round picks are useless; the lesson is the draft is a lottery, and you need lots of tickets to hit the jackpot.
Sure, you can get a more established young player with an RFA in the 2nd round pick range. But I guarantee he won't be a star. Teams simply don't let those guys go. We should be swinging for the fences. That includes acquiring lots of 2nd and 3rd round picks and hope with hit the jackpot with a couple of them.