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Originally Posted by TheREDarmY
Seems to me that most people would be happy with either one of these guys as a Flame come draft day. Of course, some have preference, but myself, I'd be ecstatic to have either one. So I'll throw a situation at you guys and you can flame away. (apologies if this scenario has already been discussed)
I think it's pretty safe to predict that the first four picks will be Mackinnon, Jones, Drouin and Barkov(not necessarily in that order). Now lets say Carolina picks Nurse or Nichushkin at 5th. Now Lindholm and Monahan are both available to us. What if Calgary Management view/rank both players as equal and had no preference to who they draft. Would it be smart to trade down to 7th to add a 2nd rd pick?
Obviously this is a stretch. But it could be possible management would be happy with either Lindholm or Monahan. It would be a way to add a second in this deep draft. Would you do it?
Lets stretch this out even more. Lets say Carolina picks Nichushkin, we trade down to 7th and add a 2nd. Edmonton then surprises everyone by selecting their much needed dman in Nurse at 6th. We could then trade down to 8th for another 2nd and pick whoever Buffalo leaves us. Would you do it? and do you think this is even remotely possible?
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I think it has been discussed and I think that for the most part the answers go along with my thinking and that is a. I don't think we are getting a 2nd and b. if there is a guy we like don't get cute and take him. Trading back takes too any risks that we can't take.
If Lindholm and Monahan are there at 6 take the guy you like and go.