agreed.
Last year, getting in on this made total sense. Getting a shot at Mackinnon or even Jones, may be worth throwing assets at. But picking at #4, where the prospects expected to go from 1-4 seem to be relatively equal, makes no sense to spend much.
I think florida is hoping for someone in the top 5 or so to make an offer, as maybe they have their eyes on someone like bennet/draisatl/ehler, and hope to cash in on a player and still get the guy they are hoping for. Or their simply testing waters, but intend to draft ekblad. Only reason they are willing to trade down would be is if they don't intend to draft ekblad i think.
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