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Lou Lamoriello: “Can’t overestimate the value of the knowledge and the expertise of Mark Hunter in this draft”

An early morning trade. How did this one come together?

Lou Lamoriello: Well, like every other trade. Like we spoke the other day, timing is everything. Certainly we were having discussions and it came about last night where it got finalized and, really, totally finalized earlier this morning.

Do you have any immediate plans now to call up someone from the Marlies?

Lamoriello: Yes, we will be calling up Percy and Leipsic.

You guys have 12 picks now heading into the 2016 Draft. Has these couple of trades, stockpiling these draft picks, been just as important as the players you’ve gotten in these trades?