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Originally Posted by Vulcan
I disagree, you can't always trade for areas of weakness. We found that out with centres. If we want a franchise centre we have to draft and develop one. In these days the same goes for a franchise defencemen, so that would be my focus.
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We had troubles finding a center because we had nothing of value to trade. When Tyler Seguin was available for trade I'm sure they could have targeted a big name defender if they wanted. Obviously teams are unlikely to trade a guy like Weber but someone like Ekman Larsson is likely available if you have the right assets. I'd much rather draft a second Sean Monahan and try to deal him than draft a positional player that turns out to be 1/2 as good but fills a need. Deals are there if you have assets teams want.
Drafting need over BPA gets you Draisaitl instead of Bennett.