Rejoint: sept. 2018
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You know...I'm kind of interested, especially if Columbus ends up at 4OA, and MTL at 6OA, That's right in the pocket of missing out on the one surefire pick (Celebrini), the elite players that could fill a need (Levshunov, Lindstrom, Demidov), and the next best players available would be a LD like Dickinson or Silayev, or an offensive RD like Parekh, that line up with a lot of what Columbus already has.
I'd be open to it, if for no other reason than we'd probably look to take the top forward available in that range anyway...and that's probably Catton at any of those picks, maybe Lindstrom if we're lucky. If the guy we'd pick at 4 is available at 6 anyway, yes you trade back, but you make it painful for the other team.
I'd preface it with: if Columbus is in the top-3 the trade is off the table (Celebrini, Levshunov, or Demidov), and generally MTL and CBJ are bad trade partners because we have similar things, need similar things (top-end talent), and have similar desired timelines to compete...but if we're landing at 4 and think, for example, Arizona and Montreal want to take D-men, I'd definitely trade back to 6 for:
MTL 1st (6OA)
WPG 1st (assume 25 OA)
COL 2nd (60-ish?)
Anything else Montreal wants to throw in is gravy, but anything else is likely too much to effectively leapfrog one specific team. Again, I'd only see it happening if Columbus is set on Catton or Lindsrom and they think Montreal and Arizona are going with some combination of Parekh/Dickinson/Silayev.
But then again, if Lindstrom is available at 4OA with Columbus on the clock...we probably just do that.