A bit late to the party, though I think some of you are treating a 2nd round pick as an unknown. The organization has a rough idea of where they will be drafting and the players available at those spots. I am also pretty sure our GM has a pretty good idea of what this pick will be worth in a trade. In that case the pro scouts will evaluate each scenario of trading the player they would have picked for Lazar. The same way they did with the Hamilton trade, they decided that the player is better than who they(not Ottawa) would have been targeting.
In that case, I think its a win-win for both teams, so I voted neutral. In the future it will most likely be a swap that will neither make nor break either team.
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