Well I may be wrong, it's just my opinion but I think the conversations he is having are being initiated by other teams, not him. Obviously there are many teams who would like to move up in the draft and he would be a fool not to entertain their offers but when it comes down to it, I don't think he will trade the 3OA pick.
We don't need 2nd line players, we need top line like what our pick could bring. But if a team already has a first line player, why would they trade it for a pick which at best would only give them the same as what they gave up? And there is no guarantee of that. I don't care about getting multiple picks, I care about drafting for our first line.
Maybe it is just me but I hope we don't trade that pick because I want us to come away with an elite player and drafting one is the only way I can see it happening. If we are in a rush to compete , we may end up making a huge mistake and end up with very little. Trades can be made anytime but to draft at 3OA, that does not happen very often so I prefer to keep it.
