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Originally Posted by Red John
It's interesting.
When you first look at the trade in your mind it seems like a fair return for Perron. An inconsistent top-6 winger on a decent contract fetches a plug and a late 1st in a deep draft. Seems reasonable.
Then you look at the analogy of trading your paycheck for a coin flip in getting it back in 3 years.
Makes you wonder if draft picks are overvalued in general around the league. Sure - you need them. We saw first hand what happened under Sutter when you hand them out like candy. They are absolutely building blocks. And yet there seems to be a market inefficiency when trading a guy for a 50/50 chance of recouping him in 3 years is considered fair value.
Strange.
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Thats absolutely true. Draft picks are great building blocks and definately a must - i do believe though that good undrafted free agent scouting is key as well - look at Jooris and Gio for two close to home examples. Add in some vets, high draft picks, 4-6 round picks who make the team, UFA's, you got yourself a winner. Look at when the hawks won the cup with Niemi at the helm as an example off the top of my head. Some players ffr whatever reason really do take a while to mature. I think hard work training and practicing for these guys is what makes some of them superstars