If you get forwards at 6 and 9 you can make a trade for RD. And they pick again at 41

Isles are more likely to trade down then up.

Buffalo wouldn’t trade up to 6 if Both RHDs are gone. If one were there then I could see this.

Sharks aren’t moving Bordeleau for Foudy and 5 spots in the draft. Bordeleau has a higher ceiling imo and has already shown to be effective in the nhl with 5 points in 8 games. The drop off of talent from 6 to 11 isn’t that great either.

The more I think about this draft the more I see that there is no way the Jackets trade down from 6. We know in some order that Wright Cooley, and Slafkovsky are going in the first 3 picks. The Jackets could easily use either of the two RHD or Gauthier. Trading down will not be in the cards here considering this.

Just going off what Jarmo said the other day. It's something they're going to consider doing if they don't like who is available if he is to be believed.

Love the evaluation here! Great look at ideas. I interpreted the same from Jarmo re: Nemec and Jiricek. I feel like he might be low on Gauthier but I've heard the same about Nemec as well.

I like picking at 12 and 16, we could still swing Nazar and Ohgren or even one of the other top D (Mateychuk/Mintyukov/Korchinksi in my preference order) or even get a later look at a Bichsel or Chesley or the like. The more picks on the top 50 the better, it feels like a deep draft of exciting prospects even if the top 3 aren't up to snuff.

I'd also take a look at #6 for #9 and #41 from Buffalo if #9 and #28 is too rich (player balancing possible?).

Anaheim at #10 & #22 or #42 also makes sense to me.

I looked at four different draft charts and the trade as written ranges from an over pay to a gross over pay.
There is no way Karmanos nor Crowe would accept this deal. Maybe Adams would as he only got smart when those two tell him what to do.
https://www.broadstreethockey.com/2013/4/25/4262594/nhl-draft-pick-value-trading-up
6 =45.90
16 =27.10
28 =16.30
48 =6.36
total=49.76
https://www.tsn.ca/statistically-speaking-expected-value-of-nhl-draft-picks-1.317819
6 =5.24
16 =4.12
28 =3.79
48 =2.79
total =10.70
https://mapleleafsnation.com/2016/05/01/is-it-worth-it-to-trade-up-in-the-nhl-draft/
6 =792
16 =413
28 =283
48 =186
total =882

Well, yeah. They're all in the range of paying above what #6 is worth on those charts because it's assumed that there would be multiple teams interested in getting the pick.