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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Wonder how hard he'd be shopping it. In most years you can rely on getting a potential #1 centre in the top 3 but this year may not be the best year to fill that role. Only Kotkaniemi looks like a potential top centre and if the Habs are not big believers in him trading down or away does make some sense. Sucks to pick #3 in a draft where the scouts see a drop-off after #2.
That said given that several of their core pieces up front are average to below average sized forwards if they do stay there Brady Tkachuk looks like a good compliment to what they already have. But again he's not a C and they seem to have a dire, dire need for centres.
What on earth is Bergeron doing there? Do they even have a top 3 line centre at the moment? Will Max Domi be their #1 centre? In a league where C is the most important forward position the Habs seem to have missed the memo. I'm not a big advocate of trading Jankowski or Bennett but the Habs may be a team that actually might make a tempting offer for one of them just due to their desperation and Bergeron's willingness to take chances on young forwards with high upsides (paid a big price for Drouin and Domi.)
If you could get the #3 for Janko+ or Bennett+ would the Flames be interested? What would the + be?
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I think you're dreaming if you think the Habs make those trades. The only trades I can remember where a top 10 pick was traded for a player was:
Stepan and Raanta for 7.
Schneider for 9.
J.Staal for 8.
Those trades were all for cornerstone pieces. Or at least the team receiving them thought they were. The Habs are going to want a top 2 D, #1 goalie or #1a/b center. We are all dreaming if we think a top 5 pick can be had for Brodie, Bennett, Janko, Backlund...
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