Long term leagues are difficult to keep going for a few reasons
1. Its boring. most leagues do nothing but have an entry draft for a few weeks in june or july. Other than that no one does anything
2. Life happens. People grow move on, get bored, find different interests etc.
3. No one wants to run a bottom of the league team with no movement of players and lose for 6 years.
With this in mind if your league offers you the option of trading your draft picks, GET RID OF THEM.
better to have a productive player today than a maybe in 3 years if the league is still there.
Chances are your league does not allow you time for these guys to develop. they need a minimum of a full NHL season before they really produce. There are a few exceptions of course.
I favor trading these picks sometimes you can get a main draft pick in the first 10 rounds.
it will give you a decent player. Think about it for a minute thats a player in the top 100 for a kid that will more than likely play another year or 2 in JR hockey and a few more in the AHL.
And chances are they will produce a lot more than that kid from europe that no one has ever heard from.
You will thank me in a year or 2.
