DrMartinVanNostrand
Kramerica Industries
if we win two Stanley cups making all these moves losing the assets I definitely won’t care lol
Well, and also as I found out looking at the statistics a few months ago...between 2003-'16, 31st overall draft picks, in general, weren't any good. Goalies drafted there hasn't been too terrible (Markstrom and Koskinen were 31st overall picks), but forwards and defensemen...pretty much nobody of substance. Once you realize that, it really becomes quite easy to justify trading (what you hope to be) a late 1st round pick for immediate help when you're in a Cup window. Odds are, you're going to get more bang for your buck than you would've gotten with the draft pick and who it was spent on.