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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
The worst draft in recent memory is not the time to stock up on picks - it's a time to put that 1st on the table and see what it gets you.
Nolan Patrick has been the top ranked player since last year. It's super troubling when a distinctly non generational player goes wire to wire in pre draft rankings. in the last year, nobody's done anything to even make it a conversation.
Trade all the picks
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I wouldn't stock up on picks for the purposes of drafting amateurs. I would use them for currency in the expansion draft.
Come the offseason a lot of the playoff teams will have to shed their deep roster of someone good. Those teams can't make hockey trades (ie player for player) because that means they haven't solved their issue of having too many players subject to expansion draft exposure, so they'll look to sell them for assets exempt from the draft, such as recently drafted prospects or picks.
If Treliving can add a guy like Strome, Nieto, Fluery, or otherwise a solid asset in the off season, he's going to need the currency to do it