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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Who cares where he was drafted? He is what he is now, and that is what should determine his value. To me, that is a pretty high price to pay for him. But the Preds are in full go-for-it mode, so I don't blame them.
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Some GMs do look at where a player was drafted. Looking at Lazar's stats in Ottawa last year, there is no way he should've been traded for a 2nd round pick. But because he was a first rounder just four years earlier, the Sens were able to get a 2nd rounder for him.