I'm not one to cheer for losing, but getting a top 5 pick is critical this year and a very deep draft for centers. We need to replenish the system with elite prospects and this is the only way we can get a #1 center.
It's going to he a hard move, I've been reading a lot and watching a lot of videos and scouting reports and it's really hard not too see how social drouin is going to be. Mackinnon is more of a scoring center then a playmaker, but he has elite speed and hands as well. You can't go wrong with either guy, but I think drouin will be the better player in the NHL.
Hopefully we get 3rd overall actually so we don't have the pressure of a 1st overall pick and being known as the savior for Iginla leaving. Also I don't know how people think barkov is slow, he's big and fast his skating is not a issue plus he's 17 tearing up a men's league. We will get a good player as long as we keep losing.
It's what we do with the other picks that will define this draft for us. We need to nail them.
|