That's the one part of his "vision" I agree with. Not that drafting players isn't part of it, but draft picks are lottery tickets, whereas young players are known commodities.
For example, you might get a second rounder from someone, but that has a high probability of being nothing more than a career AHL player. However, if you dealt with Washington, you might get Iorio in a deal, who was a second rounder 2 years ago who is now looking very promising. I'd rather have Iorio