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Originally Posted by Wolven
I really hope that Conroy aims for quality over quantity in this year's draft. I give him and the team top marks for how the last draft went but for this year I would really hope to see them make moves and consolidate assets to try and get 2 picks in the top 10-15.
If we could land McQueen and Misa / Desnoyers / OBrien / Moore then that would turn around the centre depth in a hurry. I think that would be more effective than trying to load up on another big haul of prospects.
How far up the draft would the Flames be able to move the NJ pick if we used one or both of our 2025 2nd rnd picks? I would also prioritize returns from Kuzmenko, Mantha, etc. to bring back more draft trade bait to help get us positioned for landing those high quality Cs.
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Would love to see that too but it seems really difficult. Conroy has apparently tried to do this for the past two drafts and the cost to get an additional pick in the top 15 is just too much.
Also, the flames own pick is on pace to be outside the top 10 (but it’s still early). If the flames pick ends up outside the top 10, Montreal gets the higher of the flames and Panthers first round picks. If the Panthers and Devils both have good seasons and end up with home ice in round 1 of the playoffs while the flames finish just outside of the playoffs, Calgary will have two picks in the 25th to 32nd overall range. Montreal would have an additional pick in the 11th to 16th overall range. Tough for Conroy to turn those two late first round picks into 2 top 15 picks. It would likely take combining both of them in a package to get one pick in the 13th to 16th overall range. Even the it would probably not be enough.