re: Pels want to move to top of draft, BI to be “aggressively” shopped per Stein

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Then we should trade BI for vet role players instead of gambling on hopefully getting one at 5. We have the salary to do that

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The counterpoint is we'll never attract good to great players in free agency, and also, we are not close to being a contender now, so while you're correct a vet role player is the safer option, a team and situation like we're in it could be argued it's worth the risk of the downside to take the swing to get the potential upside of the pick that the vet role player doesn't provide.


Basically, you want to take as many shots as you possibly can to get a really good player because franchises like ours don't generally get many of those opportunities.