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Old 05-23-2015, 08:24 PM   #1391
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Originally Posted by H2SO4(aq) View Post
Out of curiosity. Is it typical for a GM, leading up to the draft, to work on trades with then 5-10 teams ahead of them to move up if a situation or scenario occurs where a player they really like becomes available?

I realize those trades could of course be subject to change depending on how another team might see a certain player, but to have a ballpark idea or the skeleton of a trade hashed out might be a good idea.
Good GMs typically talk to every team to have a sense of what assets they have that other teams want, and visa versa. I'd be shocked if Treliving didn't have a vague idea of the cost of moving up to a specific pick and some scenarios in the back of his head.
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