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Originally Posted by Red_Baron
With Kuzmenko, how many 2nd or 3rd round picks in the next couple drafts are going to produce a guy who scores 30?
Yes, there are some that will score 30 but there are 64 players drafted in that range every year. I get that you have a better chance of landing that player with more picks but why not place just as much value on a guy who has proven he can score at this level?
Trading any talent you do have for 2nds and 3rds sounds like shooting for mediocrity to me.
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This has been talked about many times before, but this is wrong. Draft picks when you're rebuilding is about "bullets in the chamber" not directly comparing the production of an older player to the chances of the exact draft pick they're traded for turning into the same.
It's about having (just making up a number for an example) 5X first round picks, 5X second round picks, 6X third round picks etc over say a three year period. And hopefully hitting 3 stars over that period instead of 1. That's how rebuilds are accelerated.