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Youth Isn’t Everything

From Al Strachan at Fox Sports,

As the trading deadline approaches, fans prepare for the familiar scene. 

The also-rans ship out their veterans. In return, they may take youngsters with potential, but only when they can’t get first-round draft picks.  Those first-rounders are widely believed to be the most valuable currency in the National Hockey League.

Listen to the average fan and he knows the answer: “You’ve got to build through the draft,” he will say. “You need to start with good young kids and you only get them with high draft picks.”

Nice theory. Totally wrong.

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