You don’t trade a top 5 pick in this years draft
1 and 2, probably not. After that, I think for the right offer picks can be moved. But Im also not saying full on trade them, I mean move back a couple picks. I really like the idea of drafting Malhotra or Lawrence. We have an extremely aging core of centers and nothing in the pipeline to develop behind them. If we were to end up with the 3rd pick, theres a couple of teams that have multiple picks in the 1st round. Lets say the Bruins are sitting at 5/6 (theres several teams with multiple picks in the 1st round), want to move up to draft Verhoeff, and want to trade pick #5/6 plus pick #24 and Lohrei, for example, its something to consider. Id be asking a kings ransom for a franchise RHD.
We can monetize a high pick quite massively. Especially in this draft.
