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Originally Posted by bax
If we are trading the first overall for the third overall, I would expect more than a second rounder coming back
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The only time I think this has happened is when Columbus trade up 2 picks to get Nash. I think Lehtonen went second and Bouwmeester 3rd and that is who Florida wanted all along.
To make this trade the only thing given was the right for Florida to trade draft positions in the following year, then had to give up a 3rd and a 4th round pick to protect Atlanta from picking Bouwmeester.
I doubt you would get more for dropping 2 spots, considering you are adding the 31st-33rd pick in the draft.
I could see the Avs making this deal because lets face it their need is D not C (Stastny/Duchene/O'Reilly is pretty good), unless they decide to buy out Stastny.
I think Drouin would be there fall back but lets face it Colorado is desperate for that stud top pairing D man they tried to acquire in the St Louis trade (Erik Johnson).