I agree with this method. You could trade your 1st round pick every year and still be able to fill your roster with FA signings and more importantly, astute 2nd, 3rd, and 4th round drafting. 5/6/7th round picks are longs shots, but the Kings have done fairly well with later round picks. They have not done so well with 2nd overall, 5th overall, and an 8th overall in recent history, so I would much rather see them make shrewd deals for guys with a year or two left on active deals. However, probably better to make these trades in the off season or just prior to the draft, so you’re not competing with desperation suitors looking to overpay for that ‘final piece’. Or at the very least, do this EVERY OTHER draft, even if it means packaging your 1st and 2nd round picks together for a player who is comparable to 2nd line forward talent or 2nd pair Dman. This method should conceivably guarantee you a bonafide NHL’er, as opposed to a scenario like the 2019 draft where we spent 2 1st round and two 2nd round picks on Turcotte, Bjornfot, Kaliyev, and Fagemo. I imagine the Kings could have brought two solid players back if they traded the 5th and 50th overall together, and the 22nd and 33rd together. At least a player like Eichel or Reinhart. Obviously some manner of strategy would need to be implemented to do this productively, but there are a few teams who seem to have figured out the puzzle, like Vegas.