Not sure what your point is? Other than filling your post with a bunch of angst. The management that drafted those 1st overall picks is no longer running the team, quit leaning on that strawman. It's a poor useless argument. The new GM is Ken Holland. He has a proven track record of drafting and developing rather than selling picks to acquire players, why would he immediately turn around and jettison a 1st round pick in what is considered a deep draft? I expect you have some answer other than - "You guys draft too many 1OA's, who'll think of McDavids prime??".
You're saying that we are in a better spot after trading Eberle and the Barzal pick, getting Griffin, getting strome then trading him away, trading Hall for Larsson, etc. Those are some of the things that lost Chiarelli his job, because he decided that the team was ready for the next step after we made the 2017 playoffs, so he bet it all on black and came home with nothing.
Draft with every pick ever? I mean, isnt the team a going concern? Are we about to stop getting picks in perpetuity?
You certainly have a talent for exaggeration and whataboutisms, probably why your suggesting the team operate like a venture capital firm. Make trades, win all your trades, acquire, acquire!