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Originally Posted by Niemo
I would easily package 20th + 29th for 9th.
I doubt it'd be enough though. At the worst case scenario (and most likely) that Lindholm and Monahan are gone, I would take the russian.
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Moving up to 14th required 21st and 42nd last year
So I guess IF a team wanted to move their first round pick down, ~20th and ~30th could probably get you to #10 or #11 to grab a guy like Max Domi or Alexander Wennberg. Maybe even Nichushkin falls that far. Another guy I see slipping and still being on the board at 10/11 is Shinkaruk
I see it going like:
1. Col - Jones
2. Fla - Mackinnon
3. CGY - Drouin
4. Car - Lindholm
5. Tampa - Nurse
6. NSH - Monahan
7. BUF - Ristolainen
8. Phi - ????
9. EDM - ????
10. CLB - ????
11. NJ -????
Columbus and NJ are definitely the teams to target if you want to trade up. Columbus could end up with 4 late first rounders if they trade down, while New Jersey might want multiple firsts this year to make up for forfetting their next year's first rounder. The players available at those spots are going to be guys like Domi, Wennberg, Zadorov (Oilers should grab him), Nichushkin, Mantha, Pulock, etc. So if the Flames have a guy they love I think they should go after it for sure