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Originally Posted by stemit14
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.
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Teams learned from those mistakes.
Even TB lottery protected the two first round picks traded to Chicago.