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Red Wings ready to trade 6th pick in 2018 NHL Draft: King’s ransom or fool’s gold?

By now, you have probably read one of a few articles penned that illustrates Red Wings’ General Manager Ken Holland’s possible interest in moving the 6th overall pick in the 2018 NHL Draft. This, of course, is a topic we seem to always hit every offseason just weeks away from the draft — is it worth the risk to move up or down?

I say it every year, and I’ll say it again — moving up is almost always too expensive. The only player I’m moving up to get is Rasmus Dahlin, and the Buffalo Sabres aren’t nearly dumb enough to pull the trigger on that.