Will any NHL team swap their first-round draft pick? – The athlete

One of the things that is always fun before the NHL draft is whether a team will use their selection from the first round in a blockbuster trade.

Will we see the Rangers or Blackhawks mailing their picks out as part of a package for Jack Eichel? Will the number 14 Flyers play to improve their current squad? Will any of the six teams without first round selection try to get back into the mix?

If you ask The Athletic’s Corey Pronman, he’ll tell you that no one is trading his first round pick at this point. And yes, he’s right. It almost never happens. But it does happen occasionally, and we are prepared for the possibility. So we’ve asked each NHL writer how likely it is that the team they cover will swap their choices for the first round.