Rejoint: janv. 2017
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Depends on placement of the picks, but strong chance the Sharks decline.
The Canucks have a strong chance to win the Pacific division which means that their pick would be at best 25th and that's if all 4 division winners are eliminated in the 1st round and the Canucks have the fewest points. The Pittsburgh pick is currently 11. Going into future drafts reduces the value of picks, so the 2025 2nd and 3rd have less value than the 2024 2nd and 3rd.
A couple of years back when Arizona wanted to move from 27 to 11 it cost them pick 27, 34, and 45 and here you're looking at something likely in the same vicinity (27ish to 11ish) so it should cost around an early and a mid 2nd in the same draft. Ciona was an honorable mention on The Athletic's recent top 15 prospects for the Flames list, so he doesn't move the needle too much.
I don't think it's too far off, I just think it takes a bit more, especially this year since this is a draft that teams were more willing than normal to trade 1sts if they were expected to be after the 20th pick because of the expected drop after that point.
Edit: This is also before factoring in the possibility of the Pit 1st being a lottery pick in 2025 if they fall into the top 10 this year and opt to defer the pick.