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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
You have to consider why teams that have a top 15 pick would do that.
It's unlikely. Which is why it doesn't happen much.
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I think there will be pressure in Ottawa to be good next year. They are about to start their patented heater down the stretch, local fans know that once the Sens are out they turn it on, which is met with great frustration by the locals. Wherever they pick will likely be a pick like Sanderson, a guy who cannot help for 2-3 years, at which time the Giroux biological clock window runs out and Tkachuk is in his final couple years of his contract and they have to look at trading him. I could see them swapping out Chychrun’s salary for a right shot dman who makes the same salary. Might not be in the same trade but the pieces being young prospects for Chyrchun so they can move their 1st this year (or the young pieces they get for Chyrchun) for a significant upgrade on the right side of their defence.
Everyone locally seems pretty comfortable with Stutzle, Tkachuk, Giroux, Batherson being their core forwards. Norris is likely unmoveable and Pinto has been so good I doubt they want to move him unless they cannot make the salary cap work. Their goaltending is painfully mediocre but they are kinda locked in. So right side defence seems to be the logical place to look for improvement.
But you are right, those picks rarely get moved.