So that's four draft picks flushed out the door for two months of Zadorov and Lindholm. Thus in the 2024 entry draft the Canucks were without a first, a second (previously traded); a fourth and a fifth. It's fair to speculate how many of those picks might have eventually have shown up on the list of 'top Canuck prospects'.
Not really.
The only pick of real consequence is our 1st. The rest are a collection of darts on a blackboard. Outside the first round, very few picks ever produce impact players, especially 3rd round and below. Of course, it happens. Practically every team has a diamond in the rough, so to speak. But you can't be afraid to make moves based on hope and pray you'll find said diamond.
Another factor to is we had no way of knowing Demko would go down after one game and we'd lose Boeser for game 7. That pretty heavily impacted what could have likely been a longer playoff run.