Getting Svechnikov or Zadina very well could. Besides, they don't have a first rounder next season if they stay inside the bottom ten so having a guy that could step in next season would help.
The number of draft picks, this spring, that could "step in next season" are few and far between.
Making the jump from junior to the NHL is not the norm, it's the exception.
Putting a rookie directly into the NHL just because he was selected in the first round, is not a sound development plan. If a rookie comes to camp, and wins a job, okay give him a shot, but just look back at previous drafts and look at the percentage of first rounders that jumped directly from Junior to the NHL in their draft year, and stayed in the NHL. The percentage is low.