Florida is 2 wins away from setting us up with the 17th pick instead of the 18th !

I haven't seem something like this in a while. Very cool.

was this a typo? Did you mean 29th OA pick? If Florida wins this round their pick is at worst 29th

I think they are saying that if Florida makes the conference final they no longer had the 17th pick but the anywhere from 29th-32nd and the Islanders pick (which they hold) goes from 18th to 17th OA.

I for one found this post incredibly entertaining and well thought out. Thanks for posting sir!

I think most of these teams would decline personally. Moving up in the draft is generally pretty expensive, especially into the top 10 or even top 5. For example, i can't I cant thnk of a single reason to ever trade Carlsson or Michkov for Reinbacher and Moore

Oh, I do agree with that. There are contract limits in this league. But I appreciate the craftsmanship all the same.

Draft day trades are of course hard to nail down prior to lottery and of course day of how the boards fall. The only straight out no I see is someone trading 4 for 9 and 18. Trading 4 maybe but it wouldn't be for two more picks it would have to include established assets already. You do t move 4 on more what ifs.

Wheres Johansen

I'm cheering for Toronto but that would be a nice consolation prize for sure.

Yeah if Florida wins their round their pick goes to #29 overall. We hold the Islanders pick which is currently #18 overall so then it would drop to #17 overall.

I think the only unrealistic trade is the last one where I traded for #4. Would be very very very unlikely to happen which was stated in the trade. Just thought it would be fun to throw that in there.

I think the only really realistic trades are the Pittsburgh and Nashville ones. Maybe the San Jose one for #26 overall could be pretty likely as well. I tried to base values off of what I could remember of past trades and made it a bit more expensive to move up in this one.

Oh I totally agree, I just thought it would be fun to throw in there. Also I agree that once the lottery happens this will all change and obviously who goes where to start changes everything. It was more to just show that since we do have extra draft capital we could potentially make some moves up, or in the case of the Nashville trade move down to gain more.

Best comment so far. Honestly thought of throwing him in here.

yeah someone else clarified that above. I disagree though. For example the Winnipeg and Nashville trades completely contradict each other no? Why does it cost do the costs in moving up to 19th and 18th (for the respective receiving teams) vary so much?

Or do 3 mid/late 2nds really move you up 10 spots into the top 10? Like using 2015 as an example that would be Werenski for Chabot + bust + Blackwood + Cernak. But like 2014 for example that would be Nylander for Tuch + 3 busts.

This might make sense if the Caps were rebuilding, but they're trying to stay competitive for as long as Ovie's playing. To that end, prospect depth really doesn't matter to them. The 8th OA is an opportunity to add a really high end young prospect who could potentially make the jump soon enough to contribute before Ovie retires, but the 18th OA and a bunch of 2nds probably won't. If the Caps trade the 8th OA, it'll be along the lines of the DeBrincat trade last year to bring in an elite young forward.

I definitely don't disagree with you at all. It was more in the line that if they wanted to trade that pick to gain more assets that this would likely be the cost, not that it actually totally fits what Washington needs.

Pass the Isles 1st is 2 wins away from going from 18th to 17th. !7th pick plus Vancouver 43 and St Louis 42nd should move us up at least to 12th if not better. Yzerman will have tons of options with that pick.