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Ken Holland Thinking About The Future As The Draft Approaches

06/22/2018 at 12:50pm EDT

from Craig Custance of The Athletic,

“We’re ready to go at pick six. We’ve heard lots of different things happening in front of us,” Holland told The Athletic. “I’ve talked to some teams, teams call (and) want to know if you’ll trade the pick. We’re ready for anything.”

He stressed, again, that any conversations he’s having now would be about building for the future. He wants a competitive team to open training camp, in large part to have a healthy environment to develop young players. But he also said he won’t be moving any future assets to bolster his roster.

What he didn’t rule out is a trade that would bring back a young player who could help now and help in the future, someone in the 23-to-25-year-old range.

“Yeah, that’s a good range. I think if you’re under 25,” Holland said. “It’s about the future, any trade talks I might be involved in.”

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