We'll see last time Holland traded down we had Jurco and XO who people toughted for years until now when it looks like Jurco will be waved and XO is looking like a bottom paring D.
The constant 1 year veteran signings just to make the playoffs have kept the wings good enough to pick +15 with no chance of competing for a cup. That is a permanent position as proven by the 1990-2000 Calgary Flames and New York Rangers. Even worse so in a cap era. The lifetime contracts of Zetts. Kronwall, Howard, Helm, Abby, Franzen, and now Neilsen are a complete hindrance to any future core. They do nothing but keep the wings good enough for a first round exit while creating a log jam of prospects we don't know suck until they are 24. This team is going to be at the cap without a single elite player on the roster. Ken Holland locks up mediocre bottom roster talent and employs coaches that play them with top 6 ice time. The ice berg is dead ahead and Holland is at the 'Helm' (see what I did there).
When Holland fails to trade for a defense-man and signs Quincey to a 5 year 4 million dollar cap hit lets circle back and update this. Or maybe someone else will sign Quincey and Holland can trade another first for him.
There are a few prospects to be excited about but at this time the wings prospect pool is no different than any other team, not outstanding. Wings prospects get overrated because they peak in the AHL when the wings roster is full of Alfredsons, Clearys, Weiss's and Richards's