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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
There's a pretty good chance a d-man could be selected at #4 or #5. It would be nice to know the order but VAN sounds interested in picking a d-man if they don't win the lottery and EDM should be interested in picking a d-man if they don't win the lottery. If TOR falls out of the top 3 it's hard to say, I think they have needs all over so they can try and take the BPA to their scouts. One team taking a d-man could start a run on d-men as well if there is a big desire for them overall by the teams selecting in the top 10.
If the Flames pick drops to 6th and one of the teams in the 4-5 range take a d-man then one of Tkachuk/Dubois would drop to 6th.
If the Flames end up drafting 6th or 7th I wonder how aggressive Treliving would be in attempting to trade up a couple spots? I think trading into the top 3 from there would be nearly impossible. But trading into 4th/5th could be possible. I guess it depends how they see the tiers and if they have a strong preference for a guy in the 2nd tier. He does have 2nd rounders to burn if they decide they'd like to move up. At least this point I'm not sure it would be worth it to move up. You're guaranteed a pretty good prospect top 7, not sure 4th/5th is substantially better than 6th/7th.
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Ya this is definitely true but it is nice to control your own fate. Although we seem to really luck out with players falling to us so who knows. Maybe it happens yet again.