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Originally Posted by Cortez
4 of the 5 players you mentioned are NHLers. Do you understand how much of a crap shoot draft picks are? I think those are great returns on draft picks considering how many on average bust.
The collection of them making a winning team is a different story, but trading for NHL players is a huge win IMO
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Draft picks are crap shoots. But no team gets anywhere without hitting the jackpot with some of those picks. A franchise that traded away all of its late 1st, 2nd round, and 3rd round picks for depth NHLers would eventually wind up the worst team in the league.
Lazar is a good example of why it's folly. There's a good chance that 2nd round pick will be a bust. However, there's maybe a 25 per cent change it turns into a good NHLer player (better than Lazar), and a 10 per cent chance it becomes a front-line difference-maker. And you can pick up fringe NHLers for almost nothing (Shore cost a 7th).
Good NHL franchises hoard picks and use them to draft and develop players with a high ceiling. Bad ones use those picks to patch holes that their drafting and development have failed to address, and those patches almost always have low ceilings. It's a recipe for mediocrity.