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Detroit Red Wings Roundtable: Trade up, Down, or Make the Pick?

In its second roundtable, Octopus Thrower writers discuss the best strategy as we celebrate NHL Draft Eve. The question: Do you trade up, trade down, or stay at #19 and select? Each writer also included the player they would select for the Detroit Red Wings.

Natalie Longroy – Octopus Thrower Staff Writer

For this draft I feel that we really need to strengthen our defense once again. As past draftees go, it seems we’ve picked a lot more offense than defense. To be exact, in the last five years we’ve picked 10 defensemen out of 37.