Jaded-Fan
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Wouldn't you agree that the more picks you have, the better those percentages become?
NHL organizations CANNOT go into the draft process with a defeatist attitude. It's like the first day of training camp. EVERY team in the NHL believes they are going to win the Stanley Cup. If you don't believe, then get out of the business.
Same with draft picks. Every scout has to believe every pick they make is going to pan out. Otherwise, why are you drafting that player? Nobody is giving picks away, nobody is taking a guy who can't play at all.
It's a mentality that needs to change. Some teams have. Some teams used to spend like drunken sailors, but have shifted their focus to the draft since the introduction of the salary cap.
We need to do the same, because the way we're going we're not sniffing another Cup for a while. And who knows about the next 'era'.
I said exactly that.
But we did not piss those picks away this year. We got Perron for a first, for next year as well. Good chance beyond for the rest of Crosby and Malkin's carees. Good luck making a first round pick in the 20's into that. We got a forward for the playoffs in Winnick who will help a lot in keeping players we do have in their proper roles (even if that role is on the bench or the minors). The cost of a 1 in 4 lottery ticket that the 'prize' most likely is an Adams signed puck rather than a Crosby signed jersey (using the charity bag analogy)? I would have been fine had we stood pat, but I am not going to cry over it.