[traptor]

I think ideally you scrap bottom for a couple years and get ~3 top 5 picks. Then you also hit a couple in the later rounds.

We have some nice pieces in Parehk, Coronato, Wolf and the last prospects of the last few drafts. If we could hit one or two top 5 picks, we would be in amazing shape. It really does feel like we're just lacking that one or two key pieces, and then we can build it backup again.

Although there's always risk.

The Red Wings hit Zadina (6), Seider (6), Raymond (4) and Edvinsson (6), 4 years ago and they were loaded with other picks too.

It just hasn't paid off yet and doesn't feel close. These weren't even big misses either, outside of Zadina.