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Originally Posted by Jason14h
They didn’t get younger. If they didn’t make the trade and traded Kuz for the 3rd they wouldn’t have any of those guys , would have 2 more prospects , and 10 mil in extra cap room (which doesn’t really matter this year but is still real
Money and may matter in coming years )
If the lane is “build through the draft” you aren’t making the move Conroy has .
I guess the lane is get younger and hope middle 6 players break out . It may work - we’ll see
And if the plan is to trade Frost and Farabee in future years for picks ….. what was the point in the first place ? Make us just good enough to get worse picks , and push the eventual arrival of those draft picks out multiple years ?
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Every team that has built through the draft has also traded a pick or two if they thought it made sense.
And you assume someone wanted Kuzmenko for a 2025 3rd. He was a cap dump/throw in when Calgary traded Lindholm (for a 1st, 4th and two prospects, one of which is looking really good). He was making $5.5M and scoring at a 3rd line pace. Philly liked him so much they traded him to LA along with a 2025 7th in exchange for a 3rd
in 2027 (speaking about pushing the draft picks out multiple years).