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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
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.
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What about the history in the cap era? I don't recall a 1st overall pick being moved in the past 10 years. With a cap system young players and top picks are more important than ever. Typically 1st overalls have made the NHL and made an impact 1-2 years after being drafted which is very important for teams trying to win quickly. If Florida wants to speed up the rebuild and compete if one player fills a need and is more NHL ready than a guy that is picked 3-4 spots later (perhaps very similar upside) then you keep the pick instead of drafting another guy who may or may not pan out in 3-5 years (the 2nd round pick)
I wonder if the flames had the 4th pick instead of the 1st last year would Colorado take their offer of 3 first round picks for #1? Last years draft was a top tier of 4 players.