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Originally Posted by burnitdown
Just looked it up and he apparently in the same interview, he says they've already received 4-5 calls about their pick and they're interested in trading down. I'm guessing by adding Brown into the conversation, he's putting pressure on people drafting a little later that are hoping he might slip to them.
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Yeah it sounded like they actively want to trade down. A few interesting things from that interview
-He named Tkachuk, Dubois and Brown specifically
-Also said there was 3-4 defensemen that will be top 4 dmen
-Also said great players in that 4-9 range. Sounds like that's about as far as they'd be comfortable moving down to. So if they favour Tkachuk, Dubois, Brown and 3 defensemen that might be the Oilers list in the 4-9 range. Didn't sound like Chiarelli sees the same ledges as the Flames scouts/GM does.
Sounds like there's a great opportunity to move up if the Flames want to. We definitely have the picks and prospects to make an enticing offer. Strange that an Oilers GM interview would have me excited but it has. I think we're in the perfect spot to move up to #4. The Oilers have a few different needs (powerforwards, top 3 d-men) so they can afford to move down in that area and still get one. Whereas for us it just seems like Tkachuk/Dubois fit both our immediate and long term needs so perfectly compared to the other available options.
http://www.630ched.com/oilers-now/
Surprised Benning and Chia are so candid. But I'm loving this trade up idea. Lets do it Tre!