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Significantly Insignificant said:True, but that could come down to actually developing the prospect correctly, which means not having them in your lineup, which means they aren't making an impact for a year or so anyways. That would mean that the team probably isn't making a significant move in the standings anyway. It's possible that if Makar or Pettersen had been taken first overall and placed in the league at 18 that they may not have been as successful as they are now.
Again, if the "punishment" here is that instead of the Devils getting to pick #1 again they have to pick #2 or #3, does that mean they've been terribly hard done by the cruel wheel of fate? Why should their ineptitude be rewarded with not only a path to eventual success but an easy, effortless path?
If by keeping Hughes(or Pettersen or Makar or whoever) down a year for their eventual emergence means you don't instantly get better...well, tough? You can still draft high and accumulate assets, you just maybe don't get to also add yet another guy with the best possible chance at becoming a franchise player.
I'm sorry guys but objecting to this really does sound like complaining about the lousy squash courts and mediocre lemonade at your minimum security prison.