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by Paul on 06/24/09 at 06:18 PM ET
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from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN,
The days leading up to the NHL draft are a fascinating time for GMs and player agents. Scheduled meetings in hotel rooms, hotel lobbies and, of course, hotel bars—the chatter is through the roof as the trade talk intensifies leading up to Friday night’s first overall pick.
There’s more trade talk than usual for two reasons—all 30 GMs are in the same town and the first-round picks can be involved in possible deals. Once the first round comes and goes Friday night, fewer moves usually happen.
“The draft, to me, is an opportunity to improve your hockey club,” Thrashers GM Don Waddell said Wednesday. “We have the fourth [overall] pick in the draft. We’re looking for a top-six forward and a top-four defenseman and you may acquire that either via trades or free agency. Certainly we’re going to look at the trade market.”
In other words, the fourth overall pick is in play from Atlanta—for the right price.
One guy who won’t be moved this week is Thrashers star winger Ilya Kovalchuk, who is one year away from free agency, a critical time when a player of his caliber must either be signed to an extension or moved in order to get maximum value for the asset.
read on for more talk..
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