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Originally Posted by Jiggy_12
It’s just an asset at this point. Currency valuable for other trades. Don’t have to wait and make the actual pick
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Plus trades like that are how Ottawa got Stuetzle (pick from San Jose in Karlsson trade) and Colorado got Byram (pick from Ottawa in Duchene trade). Draft picks that were 2 years away and ended up being high picks because good teams were on their way down. It was a gamble but really less of a gamble than trading a player to a team for a 2024 first round pick that you know for sure will be outside the top 20 in a weaker draft.