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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
1998 with the Sedins and then Atlanta and Stefan? I forget how that all shook out. Tampa had first overall and ended up trading out of the first entirely.
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It was 1999 and this is how it went down:
Vancouver starts out with pick #3.
1. Vancouver sends Bryan McCabe and their 2000 1st Rounder to Chicago for pick #4
2. Vancouver trades pick #4 and two 1999 third-round picks to Tampa Bay for pick #1.
3. Vancouver trades pick #1 to Atlanta for pick #2 and a conditional 2000 third-rounder, the condition being Atlanta take Stefan 1st overall.
At the time (according to Wikipedia) the 1999 draft was considered extremely deep in talent. So if moving down from #1 was worth the #4 and two third-rounders it seems reasonable that - if the Flames were so inclined - they would be able to ask for a similar return. Should the situation end up such that they have a top-pick.
Currently we have no second-round pick (Part of the Bourque-Cammalleri deal), Winnipeg, Montreal, Dallas, the Rangers, and Minnesota all have two 3rd-rounders. None of those teams would pick top-five, perhaps a deal to trade down two spots and add a second rounder?