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Jacks · 11-04-2018, 05:08 PM

I somewhat remember watching the negotiations on the draft floor at that time. It seemed like Treliving was trying to get the #3 pick but CLB didn't want to move down that far. It then looked like he was trying to swap picks with EDM, my guess was that he could then do a deal with CLB to swap the #4 for #3, made sense because the greasers were rumoured to be wanting Sergachev. Once all of them got involved in the talks Chiapet walked away, the assumption was that once he knew JP was going to drop to #4 he lost interest in trading down. Happy with the way things turned out but I doubt Trelving was trying to trade up to #3 to get Tkachuk.

11-04-2018, 05:08 PM	#502
Jacks Franchise Player Join Date: Mar 2011 Exp:	I somewhat remember watching the negotiations on the draft floor at that time. It seemed like Treliving was trying to get the #3 pick but CLB didn't want to move down that far. It then looked like he was trying to swap picks with EDM, my guess was that he could then do a deal with CLB to swap the #4 for #3, made sense because the greasers were rumoured to be wanting Sergachev. Once all of them got involved in the talks Chiapet walked away, the assumption was that once he knew JP was going to drop to #4 he lost interest in trading down. Happy with the way things turned out but I doubt Trelving was trying to trade up to #3 to get Tkachuk.