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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
“More draft picks” =/= premium 18 year old players. Even if those picks are late first rounders. Top 5? Sure, maybe, but in most situations outside the top ten, it’s guys who might turn into anywhere from a good to great player 3-5 years after the draft. You want a premium 18 year old player and you’re picking top 5 in this draft, and that’s not happening for us.
We know the team is not rebuilding and we know we still need to add some youth. Moving out Lindholm, Hanifin, Toffoli, Backlund, etc for picks and then sitting on our hands isn’t going to happen so let’s stop pretending it’s on the table, right? Getting younger by converting some of those assets into guys like Konecny is just smart management.
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Once again Detroit is a good example. 6 top ten picks in the last 6 drafts with another one coming up in this years draft. And some are arguing today that they shouldn’t be trying to improve. Whether it’s Calgary or Detroit or whoever, I don’t think there’s a team in the league that would take that option seriously.