Seth Jarvis is a good player and the funny thing about that draft, was that there were a clear top 13 players. And while it was tough to predict the order leading up to the draft, the top 13 all went 1-13, which is really rare. So kinda funny the Leafs had 13....
Ceulemans is a little early to judge. The rest who knows. It's fine to give up draft picks. That is what contenders do. I find that this team has given up a few too many, but if you can find guys like Knies later on, that helps.
So you can see I'm kind of in the middle. I'll admit I do find it annoying though when you hear a lot of "Who cares about the 2023 pick, it won't help for 5 years." And yes that is likely true. And I think a lot of people look at Liljegren and Sandin and their slower development.
But that isn't always the case. I realize I'm mostly speaking to the outliers here. But aren't we about to pencil in a player who was not even drafted two years ago into our lineup? What about Dawson Mercer on the Devils, Braeden Schneider on the Rangers or Wyatt Johnston on the Stars?
I think you need to take a balanced thought process and approach when it comes to picks. Most won't help for 5 years or even at all, but some will. Making the next deal using for example the 2024 1st is tempting if the return is great, but you also can't keep doing it over and over again.
