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Originally Posted by zukes
I imagine that the cost of getting him will piss a lot of the tank people off though, which I 100% don't get. Yes, you have to make, and hit on, a lot of draft picks during a rebuild, but those picks can also be used for young, somewhat proven, guys with upside. They are less of a lottery ticket than the draft pick.
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Right now every furure pick is a future stsr in a few folks minds. The Vegas and Jersey picks have top 3 pick potential.
In reality if you get a player who plays 200 games as a Flame in 3 out of 10 picks you're beating the odds. Those future firsts from other teams likey end up being pick 18 at best. So there is a balance where exchanging a couple of lower round or late firsts for more refined known talent is a good way to supplement the asset base.
But at this stage, none of the firsts should be in play because their values are unknown. But a 5th a guy like Krebs might not be terrible if you think he can be a longer term 3 or 4 center.
Chicago drafted Kane and Toews with high picks. But before that they had drafted Keith, Seabrooke and Bolland, and traded for Patrick Sharp two years before drafting Toews. So a lot of pieces were put in place there before the tank.