Captain3rdLine
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I think that’s highly unlikely and think the vast majority of trades down happen mostly because another team wanted to trade up to get a guy.I do feel like our draft day trade in 2016 of swapping #11 and #12 was probably bc Shero made it known he was trying to move back from #11 and Ottawa quickly offered a 3rd to make sure no one jumped them to grab Logan Brown
BTW are there any cases/rumors of us trying to trade up/down in recent history? Last I remember is that Shero apparently wanted to use our 2nds in 2015 to get into the late 1st and grab Konecny but Vancouver didn't budge and took Boeser
I think it’s very likely Ottawa really wanted brown and didn’t want us to take him and we liked McLeod but also Brown or someone else similarly. Or it was only McLeod or only Brown and we felt a 3rd round pick was worth that difference. But Ottawa only trades a 3rd round pick to move up one spot because they wanted Brown bad (looks stupid now lol).
We’ve heard before about Fitz exploring trading down but I don’t think that’s the kind of thing the team looking to do that can make happen. Has to be a team behind them that really likes a guy.
In this draft if Buium is still sitting there at 8, or 9 I’m calling those teams and offering a 3rd round because he’s one of my personal favourites. Otherwise if he ain’t and it gets to me at 10, regardless of who’s available I’m taking my favorite one to give myself the best chance at getting an impactful player. Unless I get offered some great value by someone else trying to move up.