Once a Kings Fan Too
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Pittsburgh suffers from both a lack of draft picks and a poor prospect pool. Giving up the pick at 8 - 10 (it can't be later and almost certainly won't be earlier) will be exchanging quality for quantity. The difference between a pick in the 8 - 10 range and a pick in the 25 - 28 range is pretty much another pick in the 25 - 28 range, and I don't think that Kovacevic, Struble and the Pittsburgh second bridge that gap. If I were Dubas, I wouldn't do this trade unless I got both the Winnipeg first and the convoluted 2025 first (CAL/FLA).