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Originally Posted by Poe969
wouldn't trading a potential top 5 pick be counter productive to a rebuild? The point of trading guys like Iginla, Giordano and Cammalleri would be to aquire more young players or picks. If you're going to trade away picks, they're only going to end up in the same position as they're in now. They should be trying to get more top 5 picks, not trading them away.
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O'Reilly is basically as young and talented a player as they are likely to sign with the pick they were trading away. That is absolutely the only reason they made the move, they wouldn't have offered up their 1st on a 29 year old Center.