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Originally Posted by Royle9
Chatting at work regarding the Flames 5th position and whether or not it would make sense to use assests to move up in this years draft for one of the big 3 if we are not graced with a lottery ball.
Would you guys trade the 5th-8th pick (pending lottery loss) for 1 of Laine or Puljujarvi?
I would assume it would take one or multiple of the following:
1st RD - 2017
2nd RD - 2016/2017
Young prospect with high potential (Kylington, Shinkaruk, Poirier)
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Moving up as always will be discussed in the coming months but the likelihood of any teams trading out of their top 5 picks is extremely slim outside of possibly the Oilers if they can get a top defender in return. The draft is simply too important in the salary cap era for teams to trade out of getting the best young prospects available.