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Originally Posted by theslymonkey
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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Carter for Voracek, #8 overall (Couturier) and a 3rd is another
#4 overall for Fedotenko and two 2nds. He then trades one of the 2nds for Lukowich.
http://www.thehockeynews.com/news/ar...-at-trade-time
Feaster's first draft. 3 of his scouts quit after he made the trade. What a GM!
Yashin for #2 overall (Spezza), Chara and Bill Muckalt
Oh Milbury you crazy clown
Weekes, Kudroc and a 2nd for #5 overall (Torres), a 4th and a 7th
Jay Feaster and Mike Milbury get together for a crazy trade! Feaster deals away another top 5 pick. Milbury deals away all his goalies so he can draft Dipietro 1st overall. WTF all around.
Linden for the #10 overall (Mezei)
Palffy, Smolinski, Cousineau and a 4th to the Kings for Olli Jokinen, Josh Green, Mathieu Biron and #8 overall (Pyatt)
Bryan McCabe + future 1st for the 4th overall (ended up being dealt up for one of the Sedins)
What we've learned from this is that you don't let Feaster or Milbury be your GM.
You are most likely right that we cannot acquire a top 5 pick without including a premium player. Although arguably something like Brodie + 2019 1st would be similar to the McCabe deal. Something like Bennett or Janko plus two 2nds actually trumps the Fedotenko deal IMO. Something like Parsons/Gillies plus Kylington/Fox + a 2nd actually is similar to the one TB/NYI deal. All it takes is one crazy or bad GM. How crazy is Bergevin feeling this week? Subban for Webber, Sergachev for Drouin says hi.
Like I said earlier the price to move into the top 5 is likely so high that it makes zero sense for the Flames to do it. The Flames aren't desperate to get in there so there's no way we'd overpay to do so. Any imagining of us acquiring a top 5 pick needs to assume the other GM gives it away in some sort of crazy deal.