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Originally Posted by kyuss275
Yup. Before "Hot stove" even made the report of the flames 3 1sts, everything i have read from the media is that moving up in this draft into the top 4 is going to cost way more than it ever has.
It really sounds like Nashville wants Barkov and it will take at least the 6th and 28th to get done, maybe #22 instead of #28. That is crazy considering in the past it should cost no more than a 2nd round pick. Even for the flames to get to #5 will probably cost a 2nd round pick, which they do not have. At most, before this draft, it would have cost a 3rd.
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Movements into the top 5 are virtually unheard of recently and that's likely because they're so expensive. Since 2004, the only time a team has moved into the top 5 was in 2008 where Toronto went from #7 to #5 and that cost them #37 and #68 to do that.
I just don't think teams see trading down from a top 5 pick as a viable option unless they get their socks knocked off with an offer.