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It's interesting to look back at a trade a few years later and see who the draft picks turned out to be, but I don't think you can judge a trade for draft picks by how good the players who were drafted became. Montreal didn't trade Alex Debrincat and Chad Krys for Andrew Shaw. They traded two second-round picks. One of them turned into a star for Chicago thanks to a combination of luck, good scouting, and the right environment for his development. The trade was made before the draft started, so nobody knew if Debrincat would even be available then, and if Montreal had kept the pick, maybe they would have taken somebody else and Chicago still would have got Debrincat with the other 2nd-round pick they owned.