Once a Kings Fan Too
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So the first thing that Dubas should do is waste a second-round draft pick to get rid of one season of Jeff Carter, instead of buying him out for $1 million cash in each of the next two years?!?!?
YOU
GUYS
HAVE
NO
FARM
SYSTEM
You guys can't afford to give up high draft picks. Look at what this strategic plan gives you on July 1, 2024:
1. The prospect you drafted with the Detroit second-rounder.
2. The prospect you drafted with your 2024 first-rounder.
3. Noah Beck, Conor Garland, Logan Stanley.
Here's what you DON'T have:
1. Anyone drafted with your 2023 first-rounder.
2. Anyone drafted with your 2024 second-rounder.
3. Jake Guentzel, Connor Hellebuyck, Marcus Pettersson.
A one-year horizon is not compatible with the idea of building for the future.
Any first- or second-rounder you have now, you should keep unless you're trading up for a better one or down for more of them.
Any first- or second-rounder you acquire (as for Guentzel) you should keep unless you're trading up for a better one or down for more of them.
The Pens are on a downward arc. You can staunch the bleeding with free agents, but you have to start building a farm system that contains more than Owen Pickering and long shots.