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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Generally, ya, but I think when you're drafting top 10 you regard that pick as a potential core roster piece.
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Which is still not the same thing as giving up a core player off your existing roster.
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Phaneuf, Monahan, Bennett. The moment those guys were picked, they were all thought of as core roster pieces.
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They were all thought of as
future core roster pieces. Nobody expected them to step in and be core players right away.
Furthermore, when you trade a pick, you don't even know what player that pick will turn into. It might be a guy that the team acquiring the pick sees as a future core player, but that would not fill the same level of need on your team.
Anyway, my point stands: When you trade a pick, you are not giving up a core player off your roster. At most, you are giving up the potential of adding a core player in the future – which is not the same thing.