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The Rebuild

07/17/2018 at 9:06am EDT

from Adam Gretz of the Sporting News,

The Red Wings had 11 draft picks in 2017, including six in the first three rounds.

They made 10 selection in 2018, including seven in the first three rounds (with four of the first 36 picks in the draft).

They already have stockpiled 11 more for 2019, including three in the first two rounds.

Detroit accumulated those picks by trading the likes of Brendan Smith, Tomas Junco, Vanek, Steve Ott, Jakub Kindl, Scott Wilson, Petr Mrazek and Tomas Tatar, not to mention picking up an extra second-round pick from the Coyotes in exchange for moving back four spots and sending Pavel Datsyuk’s contract the other way.

That means over a three-year stretch between 2017 and 2019, the Red Wings could potentially add 32 young players to the organization, including as many as 14 in the first three rounds. That is a lot. They also increased their odds at finding an impact player or two by loading up the picks.

Not all of them are going to turn into NHL players, and once you get beyond the first half of the first round the odds of selecting an All-Star-level talent drop significantly. Those picks can be nothing more than lottery tickets. The best way to win in that drawing is to give yourself as many chances as you can possibly get.

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