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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
You're cherry picking.
Trading prospects vs trading picks can go either way - some become more valuable, some less. Mangiapane, Dube, Andersson, Kylington and Fox are all worth more than their original pick-slot. But others see their value drop.
In the end, in an efficient market, those things should balance out - there should be no ongoing arbitrage between the value of picks vs prospects. Otherwise, it would get exploited and priced out. Whether this team or that team is better at evaluating assets, is of course a different discussion. But one strategy should not have an inherent value over the other.
And we're all impressed that you would rather trade for Karlsson than Lazar.
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The Karlsson trade also included picks as well as players. FWIW.
Really, almost any GM has traded picks or players. Its as if teams are at different points in their cycles of competitiveness. SJ spent picks and prospects because they thought they had a shot. So does Treliving apparently. I may be misremembering but I don't recall hearing Flash cheer Treliving on when he traded Hudler, Glencross and Baerstchi for picks.