As much as I like Seth Jones as a player and think he will be solid in this league, I really DON'T want to see us use our lottery pick on him if we land 1st.
I'm afraid that Feaster and Co. will take this final stretch and our thin defense very seriously and put too much emphasis on D going into the draft. YES, by all means, we should use one of our 1sts on a potential top d-man. But use one of the later ones. We must save that top 3 pick for that center talent up front. It only takes one glance at draft history to see that top 3 picks are best spent on those franchise forwards.
For that reason alone, I'd feel much safer if we ended up in 29th. With the STL or PIT pick we could grab guys like Nurse / Zadorov / Bowey / McCoshen if available, and that would still help the club greatly.
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