when looking at my inherited picks, it occurred to me that the 7th round picks are roughly equivalent to a 5th round pick in the NHL. I really like that there are 7 rounds and we can pick later round gems; looking forward to seeing it in action this summer.
Rob: hope it's alright for me to comment here despite not taking part in the voting.
I try and trade my 6th and 7th picks when I have them and do not like getting any in return. I would rather draft 5 players and pick up 2 players in FA each year. I just find picks 6 and 7 annoying haha.
There is better value in the FA at this moment that I would like to pick up but can't squeeze into the team.
Sorry just a copy paste from the other courthouse forum.
I think 7 is fine for the next 2 years as we have already been trading draft picks with the intention of drafting 7 prospects but beyond that I think we should consider limiting the year by year growth until we hit the cap will be better than pushing 7 every year and then having it cut off. Maybe we do 5 in 2020, 4 in 2021 and beyond or something, with draft pick rounds reflecting that. Then I would feel comfortable growing past 60 if we are only adding 4 a year. That way there is no cut off point and the draft will remain great and draft picks will remain valuable.
Are people in favor of the cut off point and having to drop prospects in favor of draftees? I feel that will supremely devalue draft picks and the general moral surrounding the draft rounds after round 3 as they will just be boring as you are just "drafting" a player to place on the wire(kinda like the 7th round is now). As someone who had a bunch of 7th round picks last year it was more of a hassle than an enjoyable experience having to draft my 11th prospect that I know is just going to the wavier wire. So I think going forwards we should at the very least get rid of the 7th round. But i think cutting off even more for future drafts will keep the ambiance of the draft alive and well for far more years and prevent having to cut players on our roster in favor of draft picks.
