MiscBrah
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- Mar 16, 2012
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Again, a third round pick has about a 30% of ever making the NHL.
No big loss.
The Money saved, by not paying the bonus money, pays for Ron Hainsey.
So it could be seen as a third round pick for Hainsey ..............who could very well be traded at the TDL, for another pick, perhaps even a 3rd.
Why so many tears have been shed for this 3rd round pick is mind boggling. NHL GMs trade picks for similar and other reasons ................. but for some people, its almost like the end world, as we know it.
Again, we are supposed to be relying upon the draft to find our star players because we are a rebuilding budget team. We don't have the luxury of signing Tavares to huge money.
Not to mention, your proposition relies upon an "IF" we can trade Hainsey for a 3rd round pick, and that's a big if due to performance, health, and trade market. We could have still signed Hainsey and kept the 3rd round pick that we traded and then IF Hainsey was traded we could have had two 3rd round picks. Then we could have used those two 3rd's to trade up in the 2020 draft or use them to get players that will actually improve the team, or just kept them and had two 3rd's aka two 30% chances at an NHL player.