If someone in our top 8-10 falls to the teens then we have to look at potentially dealing up. Could be similar to the Ducks trading the 32 and 36th picks for the 25th overall pick to draft Perry. It is very likely there will be possibilities like this available.
If we don't deal up then here's what I'd like to see:
Get a #1 centre. MacKinnon, Barkov, Lindholm or Monahan.
Get a big defenceman. Nurse, Zadorov, Ristolainen, or Morin. Really hoping one of these guys drops to our STL pick or perhaps we deal up to get one of them as per above.
Grab another solid prospect. Erne, Lazar, Morrissey, Horvat, Wennberg, Domi, Shinkaruk, Mantha, Hartman, De La Rose (big centre), Gauthier (big centre), Zykov, Bailey (big centre), Compher, Bowey, Heatherington, McCoshen all appeal. Those who want us to grab three big centres should keep their eyes on De La Rose and Bailey as I think those are a couple guys with some upside who could end up as big top two line centres.
Such a deep first round. Can't wait.
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