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Can the Sabers trade the pick?

After laying that foundation for the prospect pool, Adams said during an appearance on WGR 550 in May that the team would be open to the possibility of trading the 11th pick in a move that would benefit the NHL roster .

“You need a deep pool of prospects,” Adams said. “You need a pipeline of players that can come through your system and replace players that you have to trade for financial reasons, or that are just going down, that are getting older. So it’s essential. But I made a plan three or four years ago now and we stuck to it. We were disciplined. I think our amateur scouts have done a great job identifying some really good hockey players that we’re excited about.

“We are in a different phase right now. We need to look at every possible scenario to help our team improve. So when I talk about winning now, that absolutely comes into play. We’re still not going to do something that doesn’t make sense, but we’ll definitely talk about that type of approach, and does that have to be sense ? And maybe it makes a lot more sense now, based on where our roster is and our prospect pool, than it did one, two or three years ago.