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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Well, it depends on what you trade the picks for. If your realistic hope for a 2nd or 3rd is an NHL regular, and you trade that chance for a young player who's established, you are trading chance for certainty, at the cost of a couple years. If you trade multiple picks for a budding star (Dougie) same thing. On the other hand, if you trade a pick for an older veteran, it's more of a gamble.
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Of course it does. But this conversation started with the idea of trading the 2nd and 3rd to dump Brouwer.
I think if you can add a young player to your core then you do that.
But the point remains the same - that if you start regularly stripping away your picks there is a price you pay.