Quoting: VGKNation702
Actual depth absolutely for 5/6th round picks, not a 3rd lol
No they don’t just go for 5/6 round picks. They only go for that when the depth player has a hefty contract.
Examples:
Kraken paid a 4th for Megna
Wild paid a 5th for Reaves and his 1.75 million cap hit.
Canucks paid a 5th for Bear and Lane Pederson.
Canucks paid a 2nd and Dickinson for Stillman.
Stars paid a 1st and 4th for Lundkvist.
Knights paid a 4th for Adin Hill and his 2.175 million hit.
BJs paid a 4th for Mathieu Olivier.
Rangers paid a 4th for Motte last year and paid Gauthier and 7th for him this year.
Oilers paid a 4th for Brassard.
Jets paid a 5th for Sanford.
Jets paid a 4th for Appleton.
Preds paid a 2nd for Lauzon.
Stars paid a 3rd for Wedgewood.
Canucks paid a 3rd for Dermott.
Wild paid a 3rd for Deslauriers.
Sens paid Logan Brown and a conditional 4th for Sanford.
Rangers paid a 3rd for Reaves and his 1.75 million hit.
Sharks paid a 4th for Lane Pederson.
Avs paid a 4th for MacDermid.
So Archibald who is arguably better and cheaper than most of those guys and a 7th for a 3rd isn’t out of the realm of possibility.