I'm surprised no one has mentioned Lindholm yet. I personally would take him assuming Nate MacKinnon is gone. The worst draft positions for us would be 1st and 3rd overall. Seth Jones reminds me of Erik Johnson and I'd much rather draft a franchise center than a franchise winger.
Reading and watching highlights of Lindholm, his style is really similar to Forsberg (although I wish he was 2 inches taller).
The russian (Nischuskin????) would be a nice consolation prize, but the KHL thing likens him to Kuznetsov. Barkov would be on my wish list if we missed out on Lindholm though. Best case scenario is if Jones and Drouin go 1-2 and we get Nate.
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