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Originally Posted by DazzlinDino
Trading away 1st and 2nd round picks is risky. If you can do the trade without giving up 1st or 2nd that would be a lot better. Why mortgage the future to take a risk on an unknown?
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The unknown in this equation is “how do you win a championship without at least one player who’s at least as good as Jack Eichel?”
Tampa, St Louis, Washington, Pittsburgh, Chicago, LA, none of these teams won without star power. In fact, what they all have in common is a surplus of star power.
They had to go through star power as well. There are no cupcake matchups.
Star players don’t play with 19 year olds. They like to play with veterans who understand the game. A 2nd round pick who might be three years before he’s ready to take a 4th line shift doesn’t help you when you have Eichel under contract for five.
Like, don’t waste them, but the picks are more valuable to be turned into real talent instead of prospects when you have a franchise player like this.