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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
You have to overpay to move up. The other team has the enticing asset - you have to convince them to give it up.
That means overpayment. Overpayment means giving up more than you're getting. The Flames are in asset-accumulation mode - they need as many good young assets as they can get their hands on.
Trading up makes no sense at this point - unless they can do it by moving an older player, but I very much doubt that.
And trying to rush or force things is the surest way to screw up
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I'm not suggesting Calgary move up; I'm talking about moving up in general for any team in any draft. Calgary, specifically, would be better off keeping all three picks in 2013. It's a deep draft.
However, Calgary also has the assets to move up without overpaying, as you say. If you can move the #7 and the estimated #18 pick overall to get into the top four to get a player you highly covet, then you have to consider that. The closer you get to the top pick, the better the chance is of drafting an impact player.
Overpayment is all in the eye of the beholder. I don't think trading two first round picks for one, but into a higher draft position is overpayment. Throwing Sven Baertschi into that equation would then make it an overpayment.