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Originally Posted by Bingo
Yeah the Leafs cut deeper than other teams, but if you look at the top 5 teams in the standings last year they're all depleted; it's a pretty normal thing to do when you think you can win.
Toronto has no 1st and 2 2nds in the next three years.
Dallas 1 - 2
Vegas 1 - 3
Winnipeg 3 - 0
Only Washington in that top four hung on to all their picks.
Looking into the rest of the top ten Tampa, Colorado and Edmonton also quite depleted.
LA and Carolina not so much, in face the Hurricanes are up a 1st and down a 2nd.
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It's how you spend those picks though.
Dallas got Mikko Rantanen.
Vegas got Hanifin and Hertl
Winnipeg got Toffoli, Schenn, and Tanev for their 3 seconds
Toronto got Jake McCabe, Brandon Carlo, Ilya Lybushkin, and Scott Laughton and it cost them 3 1sts, 2 2nds, and their second best prospect (Minten)
Really feels like they should have been able to get more impactful return on those assets than what they did