Your point? That doesn't mean they are in what people consider "win now" mode. Maybe we're just having a semantics issue -- but I see "win now" mode as throwing away valuable future assets to try to make a run for the Cup in the short-term (1-2 years).
I don't see them doing that. They are good at recognizing late round gems and picking up undrafted players. Not to mention that once they have prospects, they're incredibly good at evaluating talent and they don't throw away good prospects for nothing (who was the last significant prospect they moved that became something?). They think long term. All of that gives them the freedom to be able to deal first round picks if they want (which, by the way, their first rounders were pretty much all high first round picks in the past 12 years -- so not quite the same). None of that to me means they are in "win now" mode. It means they manage their hockey club incredibly efficiently and intelligently.
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