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Old 03-14-2016, 09:44 AM   #27
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Originally Posted by sureLoss View Post
I believe the closest that someone came to trading up to #1 that is public knowledge in the salary cap era is when the Islanders tried to move up from #4 in the 2012 draft to #2.

The Islanders offered all their draft picks (#4, 34, 65, 103, 125, 155 and 185 OA) to Columbus for #2. Wasn't enough to get Columbus to drop down, although Howson said it was "very attractive".
...and then the Isles proceeded to draft a D-man with every single one of those picks, after being turned down.
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