Canucks1096
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There are the picks Benning traded, the picks forgone by not trading good assets and the unwillingness to weaponize cap space to get more futures. That has been ultimately what has held back the progression of this re-tool at the bottom.
- Late 1st round picks can convert to core pieces: Pastrnak, Boeser etc...
- More depth picks offer a better chance to get core or complementary players: DeBrincat, Aho, Montour, Dvorak etc...
- Weaponizing cap space could have yielded deals like Datsyuk/1st.
To say that we would not have been further along regardless of the strategy and execution of that strategy is just... mind boggling. It's incorrect, and it comes as no surprise that there is a tidal wave against this faulty notion.
Why don't we break this down even more. From 2014 to 2018 Canucks had 35 non 1st round picks. As of this moment there is one regular non 1st roujd pick player in the nhl and that's Forsling. I will give you Tryamkin because most likely he would be in the nhl if he didn't go back. Realistically how many more 2nd to 7th pick would be in the nhl pkayers? Non are locks
Demko-with goalies, you really don't know what you are getting until they play a bunch nhl games.
Lind and Gadjovich are not looking good in the ahl.
Woo- it is a too little early.
Gaudette- he looks an nhl player however who knows if he would be an nhl player long term.
Let's just say another 2 to 3 players make it to the nhl. You are looking at at 5 out of 35 non 1st round pick. 1 out of 7. So the 6 to 8 picks that he traded, wouldn't that still be 1 out 7 nhl players?
Having extra 7 picks your drafting skin doesn't get better. You dont get all sudden becoming a better at drafting. As a salesperson if I closed 5 out of 35 calls. Chances are another 7 calls, I will be close another 1
I will say the reality of it is not going to make a much a difference. You are looking at having Montour instead of Baer. That's it.
Btw Datsyuk got a second round and pick and pho and Det swap 1st round pick.
Btw one more time. Jb didn't trade any 1st round pick