Using 1 first not 2. it was 1 first plus a lower pick, which, by the way, we still have our 3rd. If you use two first to move up 2 spots, that is horrible asset management, especially if the draft is as deep as claimed to be. Anderson may have been 2 firsts but lets forget about that pick entirely.
And while the draft is deep, there is still a significant falloff between talent in top 10 and bottom 10 of 1st round. Rangers are aware of that, as are other teams. If the bottom 10 is as good as it is that we don't want to move the 28-32 selection, then that tells you how good the top 10-12 would be if theres a gap between the two. Teams will not give that away for pennies on the dollar, which is what we would be offering.
Laf, Kakko, Miller, Schneider, Krav and Anderson, Othmann makes for 6 first round picks in 4 years since 2018 rebuild started. 4/6 of those look great, thr 2/6 being Anderson and Krav. Maybe we can salvage Krav into a dealdine acquisition that helps us bring the elusive Cup back home to NY this year. But we had our first rounders to get the talent. We have our core.
We don't need to stockpile picks every year. Sometimes its okay to move the first, don't forget, we didn't throw away our first last year, it was conditioned that if Copp worked out the way it was planned when he was acquired, they'd get our 1st. And it did work out, we made a deep run, game the defending Cup champs almost all they could handle, and this core team had their first deep playoff run for experience, and will be better for it.
Gotta give to get. Wanna get the Cup, sometimes you gotta give to make the right additions to bring it home.
