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Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary
Trading picks is not a wise decision....surprised that people even talk about it considering the make up of the team includes a lot of kids that aren't first rounders....
You accumulate picks; you don't trade them.... I mean unless you were in the finals the year before, it's just silly imo
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That's a pretty stiff opinion you have! Quantity is better than quality?
I hold picks dear, the more the better. Yet the idea is to have more ammo to move up to get the player you want!
Sutter use to do this always, trade down and get more picks. Didn't work out very well.
I have no issues packaging picks to move up within reason. History shows us that the closer you are too the first overall pick the better the chance of that person being in the NHL. Sure you can add guys outside the first round and hope they develop, we have been lucky this way.
Would I trade all of our second round picks for a chance at a number one Dman? Absolutely! Our system is full of 3 -7 Dmen with Hickey having the only chance to be first pairing ( its early ). Too add 3 second round dmen with 3 - 4 upside makes no sense to me.
I will let the team decided what is best.