I don't think trading 3 picks in this draft is the way to go, but if you were looking at trading the VGK 1st, DRW 2nd, and either a second or a third from next year, I would entertain it if there was an absolute guarantee of landing someone like a Kotkaniemi. That would be the only move I would make involving 3 picks, and the reason I am comfortable with it is knowing that we are likely recouping those picks at some point in the next year. Leading up to this draft or during this offseason, during the season, at the deadline, it's likely that we are picking up draft picks in the 2019 draft whether it's through Glendening or Nyquist or Athanasiou or Daley or whoever, so trading a second or a third in 2019 as a kicker to pick up a player with a top 10-15 grade this year would be something I would do. But it has to be for someone dropping out of the top 10. Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Oliver Wahlstrom, Ty Smith, that type of player.
I think that an approach like this is way too aggressive for an organization as passive as the Wings have been recently, and I know that it's way too aggressive for a lot of people posting here judging by the responses that have come in on this topic now and in the past. I do believe we will trade up, but it would likely be only around 10 picks, to the 18-22 range to move up from 29, and definitely won't include more than two of our top 4 picks this year. Just a gut feeling.