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Originally Posted by butterfly
If Washington is in on Hanifin I wonder if they told the Flames to wait and see if the players they're interested in are gone or not at the draft. That 8th pick would be amazing.
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I doubt 8th OA would be moved, Michkov or not. As we all know this draft is very heavy, they will likely pick a forward to take the reins of Ovi or Reinbacher/ASP to replace Carlson in the future.
I think they'd rather move the standard late 1st / prospect / cap to make it work though. They want to get rid of Mantha, perhaps they would do a Backlund + Hanifin + 2nd for 8th OA and Mantha. They need a center to replace Kuznetsov and Backstrom isn't prime Backstrom.
They also have 3 2nds in 2025.