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Old 03-16-2026, 07:39 AM   #2496
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Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent View Post
Quality over quantity, please.

They could trade three seconds for a first and if that pick turns out to be a better nhler than the three then it's worthwhile.

We already have a ton of prospects, and soon to add a big batch more of them.

What's missing in the pool is top end.

By the same logic if they happen to keep all those picks I hope they use the seconds and onward on high risk/high reward players.

When you have quantity at your disposal, celling should be the selling point on the players you select.

We might not need too much more low ceiling/high floor types with all the pickups recently acquired (castagna, gross, curran). Flames have a TON of B/mid level talent. Maybe enough to fill out two future bottom sixes.

Time to swing for the fences with potential.
100% agree with quality over quantity. With 8 picks on the top ~65, there are many combinations of picks that could be packaged together to move up

To draft Michael Hage, the Habs traded #26, #57, and #198 to Los Angeles in exchange for the #21 pick

If there is a cluster of prospects from 10 to 16, could the Vegas 1st (#19) and the Ottawa 2nd (#50ish) get you into that cluster?

There is also a cluster in the 20s (23-29). Could you package a couple seconds to get into that cluster?

I'd expect Conroy to make 4 or 5 picks in the top 65, not 8
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