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Originally Posted by jayswin
Those are both a no from the other team. You're not getting the 5th overall pick from Ottawa, let alone Pinto or Norris on top of that. 
And Jersey won't give up 10th overall if that's where they need up picking when the season ends. |
Yeah, a 5 pick has been traded only once since 2005. In 2008 (and Toronto drafted Luke Schenn). A top 4 pick hasn’t been traded in all that time.
I think that wasn’t a heavily planned trade. Toronto really wanted a Dman and three of the top 4 had gone, so they moved up two spots. Of course, as it turns out, they could have just traded down and gotten Karlsson or Carlson, or even Meyers.