Can you imagine Tim Murray trading the 7th overall pick in the draft being held in our own arena, in front of our own fans, for a player that is virtually unknown to most average hockey fans? While I know the response is that it shouldn't matter - if it did happen, it would be stunning.
As for Zips question, Dubois is still on the board, which makes this as easy a "no" as there is.
Really? You really think Tim Murray cares AT ALL about what the fans want the team to do with the pick?
Also, do you REALLY think the majority of fans, who are casual fans and don't message on HF daily, would be upset, at all, if the team traded a draft pick, who likely wouldn't be on the team for at least a year, if not two and possibly three or four, in exchange for either a prospect on the cusp, or an actual roster player.
You deal that first you're looking at guys like Sanheim, but also established players like Brodin, Scandella, Lindell+, Fleury from Car., and others I haven't named. Some would need to add for the pick, some we would have to add for the player.
But what I'm saying is that I think this is a smart option, if not the best option for them.
To me the perfect deal would be our 1st round pick for Brodin. He was looked at as a top-pair guy coming into this season, hasn't really taken that next step, and they need to shed cap and defensemen for the expansion draft. It makes sense, they can draft a center of the future that can come in behind Coyle once those terrible contracts to Vanek & Pominville are finished/bought out. The only problem is I worry about Risto next to a Swede... We all saw what he and Bogosian did to OEL and the Coyotes at the end of that game against Arizona earlier this year.
Thursday is right out though. 
