Quoting: Xqb15
NHL draft isn’t the NFL. A 2nd rd pick is not only significantly less valuable than a 1st, check out any of the articles on the success rate of NHL draft picks and how after around 15 the numbers drop significantly
I'm not saying it's not, but that doesn't make a 2nd round pick not-valuable. Having more of them increases the chance that one or more of them will turn into quality NHL players. Here is a list of the Kings 2nd round picks from the last 12 years, ordered by the overall pick.
Slava Voynov (2008 - 32nd overall)
Arthur Kaliyev (2019 - 33rd overall)
Kyle Clifford (2009 - 35th overall)
Valentin Zykov (2013 - 37th overall)
Jaret Anderson-Dolan (2017 - 41st overall)
Erik Cernak (2015 - 43rd overall)
Tyler Toffoli (2010 - 47th overall)
Christopher Gibson (2011 - 49th overall)
Roland McKeown (2014 - 50th overall)
Samuel Fagemo (2019 - 50th overall)
Kale Clague (2016 - 51st overall)
Akil Thomas (2018 - 51st overall)
Of those, only two of those turned out to be busts (Zykov, Gibson). The jury is still out on McKeown. That's a pretty solid hit rate if you ask me.