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Originally Posted by the_only_turek_fan
To move from #4 to #1, pick #34 would be sufficient.
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History shows that this is correct. All this hogwash about including established NHL players (Russell) or legit young prospects (Baertschi or Granlund) to move up a mere three spots in the draft order is ridiculous IMO.
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Originally Posted by ForeverFlameFan
They want a young player as well that is ready to play.
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Well then they should be sending something back to us in return on top of the #1 overall pick to even things out.
EG. --> #1 for #4 + Granlund is an over payment by the Flames. They need to sweeten the pot by adding something like a 2nd or 3rd round pick. Even then that would be a dumb move by the Flames, because is going from Draisaitl or Bennett to Ekblad a big enough improvement to justify throwing away three years of development for Granlund just to start all over again with whoever we'd pick with that 2nd or 3rd rounder? I don't think so.
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Originally Posted by Vinny01
If the flames had the top pick would you make the same trade?
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Depends on how badly I wanted Ekblad or Reinhart. If I was just as happy taking Draisaitl or Bennett at #4 I would gladly make that trade to snag another prospect in the early 2nd round.
Again, history shows the price to move up a few spots is not as high as posters in this thread are indicating, and from all indications the drop off in prospect quality from #1 to #4 is not big enough (may not be a drop off at all actually) to justify trading a quality prospect or established NHL player in order to move up.