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Originally Posted by dissentowner
The problem with trying to trade back this year is because it's a weak draft most teams are not going to offer up assets to move up to 18 when they feel they can get a similiar player at their own position.
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Every team will have their tiering of players, and particularly in weak drafts, where it costs a reasonable pick to move up a couple spots to lock a player in who they think is a tier above (like in 2020), teams will certainly do it.
If a player like Lynden Lakovic is on the board at 18, a team may certainly have him ranked a tier above what’s left. Calgary wants centres and perhaps has Cootes, Kindel and Gastin all in the same tier, so they’d be fine to trade down a few picks if they felt the extra pick is worth it