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Draft: A top-5 team wants to move down, while the Penguins (11th) want to move up
Marc-Olivier Cook
Draft: A top-5 team wants to move down, while the Penguins (11th) want to move up
Credit: This time of year in the NHL is always one of my favorites. The rumors, the upcoming draft, the opening of the free agent market… It’s all very exciting for hockey fans. And what’s really exciting lately is the fact that we’re hearing so much about the upcoming draft. For example? According to Grant McCagg, […]
This time of year in the NHL is always one of my favorites.

The rumors, the upcoming draft, the opening of the free agent market…

It’s all very exciting for hockey fans.

And what’s really exciting lately is the fact that we’re hearing so much about the upcoming draft.

For example?

According to Grant McCagg, there’s a team in the top-5 that would like to draft a particular player – and the team could back out of selecting the player in question because he might be available a little lower down .

Remember that the top-5 includes (in order) the Islanders, Sharks, Hawks, Mammoth and Preds.

Ah… and there’s also the Penguins (11th selection in the first round) who want to move up too.

Could we see a deal happen between the Penguins and one of the five clubs named above?

I’d fall off my chair to see the Islanders trade the 1st pick. Mathieu Darche just got here… and that would be a pretty special move.

I don’t see the Sharks and Hawks backing down either, because at #2 and #3, there will be some very good players still available.

On the other hand… for Utah and Nashville, I get the impression that anything can happen.

But let’s not forget that the Canadiens have two first-round picks (#16 and #17), and it’s not impossible that Kent Hughes could try to move up a few spots to select the player he really wants.

It would take a lot to move up into the top-5, and you have to wonder how realistic that really is . On the other hand, the Canadiens’ GM has shown in the past that he’s capable of pulling a rabbit out of his hat to improve his team if need be… and knowing that a club would like to break out of the top-5, maybe this would be a chance for Hughes to hit a home run.

Do I believe it? Not necessarily. But if the possibility is on the table… that’s something.


Overtime

– Lane Hutson has the support of his teammates.

– Well deserved.

– Solid.

– Things are going well for Kirk and the Jays.

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