I'd be okay with trading lower end picks to address depth at the deadline.
But this is a team with 2 playoff appearances in 9 years, that might be looking at being in position to have home ice in the first round. Going out and spending high picks to add "depth" would keep the same wheel of mediocrity going.
Team still needs to establish itself as being a playoff team and do it for more than one season before you consider another larger scale move involving picks. They have some good young players, but with what's currnently on the roster...there isn't much left in the pipe line behind that. So time to replenish some of that supply.
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