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Originally Posted by Henry Fool
Look I understand that focusing on one statement like I did was kind of ####ty. It just feels like people have been devaluing the draft pick in order to defend the trade.
I recall this debate from the Darryl years when he was trading away picks and it's just that every time you trade away a pick you can justify it based on that same general argument. Personally I strongly believe in having a lot of tickets in drafts because eventually you hit on a player that changes the outlook of your team, so maybe I value the pick a bit more than others.
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I don't think people are devaluing the pick... I was just doing it to point out someone's brain dead black/white argument that Lazar has to become a 20 goal scorer for the trade to be a win.
I think people are valuing Lazar. It's a gamble, but he's a first round pedigree player with low cost, high upside, and a non-Yakupov attitude.
If your argument is that 2nd round picks can be used as currency to add to trades to acquire players then I agree with that too. The Flames have proven to use this strategy as well (ie. Dougie Hamilton).