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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Team building is much more than just stockpiling picks. We have seven picks now, but two of the ones we traded were turned into pieces more valuable than what we gave up. That is the real key to building better teams.
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I definitely agree. We could also move "depth" prospects similarly for guys as well.
I would prefer us getting more high end prospects though. If you look at our recent picks from the past 3 years in the top 4 rounds, we have got
Monahan, Poirier, Klimchuk, Gillies, Sieloff, Jankowski, Kulak, Granlund, Wotherspoon, Gaudreau, Baertschi and Kanzig.
The only one that is not very good is Kanzig from that group. Every other one of those guys is trending towards becoming solid NHLers in some aspect.
That's why if I am a bit bullish on getting picks from the top 100 or so there's a good reason.
Additionally, this year, there seem to be a number of good defensemen that are in the middle of the 2nd round/middle of the third round that might become those random guys that develop into something very good like what Damon Severson is doing for NJ.