HockeyinHD
Semi-retired former active poster.
- Jun 18, 2006
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So if they drafted poorly but still had the ability to build a Stanley Cup team with trades... Isn't that remarkable? Because if you can't draft well, then you don't have any big trade chips.
A) That's not true. You always have draft picks.
B) That wasn't your point. Your point was that since Boston traded a lot, they were exploring an avenue that Detroit doesn't simply because Detroit chooses to ignore it.
I was pointing out to you that the reason Boston trades as much as they do is that they suck at drafting. As in, they are really, really bad at it. If they drafted as well as Detroit did, they wouldn't trade as much.
So since Holland can't draft a Cup blueline, he should trade for one like they did? That's what I'm gathering here.
There are three ways to acquire a player. Draft, Trades, FA. There aren't 7, there aren't 1 million, there isn't 1. There are three. If he doesn't find one via the draft (the cheapest way), then assuming the whole point of his roster moves is winning a Cup, he'd look at FA the second cheapest way, and then finally trades.
Snapping back into the real world for a second, where we all should know by now that winning a Cup isn't the point of the current organizational strategy, we can realize that Holland isn't trying to build a Cup winning blueline, just one good enough to get the team into the playoffs. So, different strategies will be employed.