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Originally Posted by DoubleK
Toronto is approaching PIT/CHI for dealing away 1st rounders. No pick this year or next year and have yet to win a round in the playoffs. Not much to show for mortgaging the teams future.
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Draft Schmaft
Yea, I'm not huge on dumping 1st rounders - but if you can't keep the current talent you have in order to make the playoffs and try to get out of the first round - then those 1st rounders aren't going to help you anyway unless they're very high picks that will land you a Jack Hughes type player.
The Leafs still have some good talent on the farm, and plus their picks are low 1st rounders anyway. They could just as easily draft/develop someone in the later rounds who will turn out great.
Pittsburgh and Chicago are much older teams - so they're more in need of draft picks to rebuild.