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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
Pretty sure it was in Burkes book. It was Tkachuk the whole time. They tried to trade up to take him, but they got intel on the Blue Jackets taking Dubois and knew Edmonton would take JP. So they backed off the trade.
I think they knew Vancouver wanted position over BPA as well.
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Vancouver may have wanted a Dman but their scouting staff screwed it up bad, there were 4 other defenseman that were consensually ranked higher than Juolevi.