2002 was weird. The top 3 players were a defence-man (Bouwmeester) and goalie (Lehtonen) and a forward (Nash). Bouwmeester was considered the best player and Florida was going to take him at #1. ATL at #2 wanted Lehtonen. CBJ wanted Nash. Maclean made the trade up for optics, it didn't end up changing which teams got which players at all. FLA would've been happy to take Bouwmeester #1.
This year is very different from 2002 in terms of dynamic in the top 3.
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