Joined: May 2019
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I understand what you're trying to do with all these trades but go take one look at Habs picks between 2010 and 2018, only 11 of 62 picks in that period have played over 100 NHL games and 38 of them have never even played an NHL game and another 9 have played fewer than 50. I'm not sure having 14 picks in rounds 2-7 will do the Habs much good other than provide additional depth in Laval. They could get "lucky" and draft a guy in the middle rounds that surpasses all expectations but those picks are often just that, lucky. Even the Lightning passed on Kucherov in 2011 and passed on Brayden Point 3 times, picking two two guys that have never played an NHL game ahead of Point. If the Lightning truly knew those two guys would become the type of players they have become they would not have passed on both of them to pick the likes of Namestikov, Deangelo, Masin and McLeod.