Quote:
Originally Posted by dammage79
Thats extreme. If they figure they can get Brown @6 and they're comfortable moving down. a 2nd and a 4th would be in the historical ball park, and if I am not mistaken, on the higher end.
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by polak
Yeah but has there been a trade when there was such a profound gap between 3 and the rest?
|
Here is the historical trades for top 5 picks from the last 20 years.
1999: #1 was dealt for #4, #75, #88
2002: #1 was dealt for #3 and Florida had the right to swap picks the following season
2003: #1 was dealt for #3, #55, and Mikael Samuelson
2004: #4 was dealt for #8, #59
2008: #5 was dealt for #7, #38, #67
I would say something like 1999 would be close to #3 and #6 - but that is a long time ago. 2008 is probably the closest from a recent year but it's not a top 3 pick - and that likely wasn't as big a divide as this year is.
Thing is that the Blue Jackets still need to be in a spot where they get the player they want still if that truly is Logan Brown, so it's not a completely open market.
So that likely means not trading back any lower than 8 - and if Brown is the guy they really want the Flames can screw with them by saying he is the guy they want at 6.
So if you are Columbus and you can trade back to 6 to guarantee that Brown is still the guy you get but you can also add something like 35, & the rights to Colborne to do that then maybe it makes sense.