I like Gaunce and think he's here to stay.
But otherwise I don't really care about a point like the bolded one.
If we look at the overall reality of 1st round picks where the current team is concerned:
2nd overall 1999
3rd overall 1999
3rd overall Gudbranson 2010 (late 2014 1st, 2nd converted)
6th overall Virtanen 2014
9th overall Horvat 2013
11th overall Sutter 2007
13th overall Baertschi 2011 (2nd converted)
19th overall Sbisa 2008 (Kesler converted into part of Gud, Sutter and Sbisa)
26th overall Gaunce 2012
29th overall Etem 2010 (converted 29th 2011)
23rd overall Boeser 2015
5th overall Juolevi 2016
Only the Sedins are over 26 yrs of age.
8 first round picks from the 8 years dating from 2007 to 2014 (2007, 8, 10 x 2, 11, 12, 13, 14) in the lineup. Only 2009 is not represented (Jordan Schroeder) - however Rodin, their 2nd that year is still in the mix.
A pretty good haul of 3rds, 4ths and 5ths from 2011-14 in the system (Tryamkin, Hutton, Subban, Cassels, Grenier...)
It's the 2nds from 2008 on that were dealt most often, but still have
Demko 36th 2014
Markstrom an acquired 31st overall from 2008
Rodin our own 2nd 2010
Granlund a 2nd acquired for our 2013 late 1st.
This team has done fine with it's picks over the past decade - particularly their 1sts where they've seldom missed a beat, and the ones they have dealt have been converted into altogether acceptable replacements.