Sure I guess we can hope we have enough talent in our system so the next time a team decides to trade it's young stars we can take advantage. But every team in league is trying to do that so not sure we are likely to have a great chance of getting them if that happens again. (The Kings also used top 5 pick Schenn to get Richards).
Or we can hope that we have two picks in the greatest draft of all time and we hit on those picks.
Maybe in 10 years Sam wants to play with Max and he comes here.
Or Perhaps a fan base helps run the top defenseman in the league out of town and a moron like Lowe is running the team .
There are certainly more ways than just the top of the draft to get elite talent but they occur a lot less frequently and often involve luck or very specific circumstances to occur.
Ideally we draft 30th each year and restock the shelves with elite talent from late picks but since that seems unlikely and we are going to suck anyways I think it is best that we maximize those times by adding the best players available.
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