The only way you trade down from 6 to after 20 is if you're getting an impact player back because that is essentially what you're giving up.
No exceptions. If Treliving trades down to 20 or later for anything besides an impact player than we totally ####ed this season up in every way imaginable and we are completely leaving the success of this draft in lady luck's hands.
Why?
Because no player is outside of the top 20 "by accident". There's nothing a scout can see that can assure them that a consensus 20 to 30 ranked player is better than one ranked 6th. These aren't hidden gems we're talking about. They're heavily scouted 1st round NHL draft picks. There's 10 books on every guy projected to go in round 1. Your scout is not going to know something that everyone else doesn't.
God I hope they don't trade down.
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