more trade speculation:
- Ottawa probably giving up their 1st to save Methot, and maybe Ryan
- Tampa also supposedly has some deal in place to protect their young dmen, though probably not for a 1st
- Jeff Marek seems to think that Vegas is loading up on all these picks so they can trade up into the top-2 and make a splash by landing Nico or Nolan
- Stars might be looking to trade out of #3 for a dman who can help them now
- Avs might be looking to trade down from #4, probably smart if they can get anything to do so, as the draft is kind of flat from ~3-10
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Originally Posted by DuckSauce
Really hope Vegas take flower and not rust
didn't give it any serious thought until just now, but i don't really see why they would, unless:
1. they want a "name" player to sell to the fans
2. they can get something from the Pens to take him
3. they can flip him to someone else
didn't realize how many decent goalie options there are. they have to take a minimum of 14F & 9D, which allows them to take up to 7G if they want. would guess they'll take 4-5 and flip a couple of them. Mrazek seems like a much better option to build around than Fleury. kind of funny if Holland screwed the Pens bigly by not exposing Howard.