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Flames Draft Watcher · 05-09-2016, 05:19 PM

And I think that's why we almost never see anybody trade out of the top 3. In order to mitigate the risk of potentially losing out on a franchise player you need to demand like 4-5 high level assets in return.

We've heard Feaster offered #6, #22 and #28 for MacKinnon and was turned down. That's 3 pretty good assets. That's why I think 4-5 strong assets are required to the team picking top 3 to actually seriously consider moving out of the elite grouping. In retrospect I'm glad we didn't pay that much to move up as I'm not sure MacKinnon is really ahead of Monahan at this point.

I mean you could offer less assets if the assets are premium. I'm sure CBJ would do it for #6 + Monahan or Bennett but I'd imagine that's a non starter for us.

Overall its probably not realistic to move up. I don't think any of the teams lucky enough to win a top 3 pick are looking to move down.

05-09-2016, 05:19 PM	#3520
Flames Draft Watcher In the Sin Bin Join Date: Oct 2001 Exp:	And I think that's why we almost never see anybody trade out of the top 3. In order to mitigate the risk of potentially losing out on a franchise player you need to demand like 4-5 high level assets in return. We've heard Feaster offered #6, #22 and #28 for MacKinnon and was turned down. That's 3 pretty good assets. That's why I think 4-5 strong assets are required to the team picking top 3 to actually seriously consider moving out of the elite grouping. In retrospect I'm glad we didn't pay that much to move up as I'm not sure MacKinnon is really ahead of Monahan at this point. I mean you could offer less assets if the assets are premium. I'm sure CBJ would do it for #6 + Monahan or Bennett but I'd imagine that's a non starter for us. Overall its probably not realistic to move up. I don't think any of the teams lucky enough to win a top 3 pick are looking to move down. Last edited by Flames Draft Watcher; 05-09-2016 at 05:21 PM.