Actually, if you had players in rounds 6-15 that were actual OHL talents, you would not need to make as many trades for players as you do. So you mean to tell me 6-15 rounds just don’t matter? That those players simply aren’t in the league because you “don’t have much room”? That’s incredibly wrong and ignorant of facts. If those players were good enough they would try to sign them and at the very least trade them for more assets (see what London does). Don’t make it seem like your “amazing” success rate in rounds 1-5 is what stops your team from having later round picks play in the OHL
The reality is that rounds 1-5 are most successful for every single organization. Virtually every team has a 70-85% success rate in those rounds. The lower end of that success rate is due to teams taking chances on elite American talent that doesn’t end up signing. The Gens appear to take few Americans and rarely sway and sign D1 commits. So their 1-5 round picks are largely used on OHL committed players, contributing to their “normal” success rate when compared to the rest of the OHL.
To say you don’t need or don’t have room for 6-15 round players is ludicrous. If the Gens drafted good players in those rounds, they would sign them and have them in the league. Certainly would make more sense than needing to trade for pure depth pieces in Whittaker, Stepien, and Winterton. They have to trade for those players though because their depth drafting has been poor, particularly the last 5 years.
