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Originally Posted by shotinthebacklund
Lets play hypotheticals,
Flames lose lottery and in 6th draft spot.
What is the maximum you would be willing to move in order to draft top 3 ( lets say second)
My preference would be 2 seconds but if a team is asking I would be willing to move a young ready dman ( kulak,worherspoon) or even kylington(wont be a popular opinion)
strenght to weakness is my reasoning here.
Whats yours?
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I dunno, just speculating but with what I'm reading about the scouts opinion of the big drop from the top 3 to the next tier of 6 or so, I think it would cost a lot more than either of those offers to move from 6 to 3. I bet a team would want an established young NHL player with big upside to even consider it. Otherwise why is it even worth their while - if the Flames won, would you move out of the big three for a 2nd or two or an above average d prospect? I'd be pretty disappointed if they did.
Maybe maybe outside chance somebody loves Dubois and would move down 1 or 2 slots to 4 but I don't see dropping 3 or 4 slots.
The one exception is if Oilers weren't idiots and get a top three pick they should move it for pick 5 or 6 and take a dman with how forward heavy they are and how brutal their D is (we all know they're not smart enough to do that and will take another flashy toedragging forward though) but they'd want and should get a huge return.
Seems like in the cap era high picks are only getting more valuable because of the cost control and the ability to market those players.