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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
If they don't have Ekblad as the BPA and have say Bennett or Reinhart as #1 on their board (possibility) why would they be better off trading down and not getting either? Too many fans get caught up in this whole trading down thing from 1st overall as it rarely ever happens and is more something the media has generated to generate web traffic. 1st overall is where you want to be when you are drafting and seeing how the Panthers need/want immediate help it doesn't make sense to drop out of the top 3/4 guys that will be able to come in and play in a year or two just to pick up an asset.
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agree, i don't think teams, especially teams that are looking to regain fan excitement, would trade up the #1 pick.
However, i don't think this year's forward class is anywhere close to last year's, and not sure there is all that much difference between reinhart/bennet/draisatl/dal colle/etc. If they are set on not picking Ekblad, but say a team like the oilers or flames are, and feel ekblad won't make it to their pick (more likely for the flames) then why not sniff around to see if you can get something of value out of the team?