Keep in mind next year's pick could be in that Nate MacKinnon territory (1-5 overall) easily.
Although he is as close to a lock for a future top NHL center as you can find...
But if this truly is 2003 reincarnate, we might have our own Perry and Getzlaf waiting to get picked at 22 and 28, and could turn out to be as great or better players than most of the top 10 picks, cause that's exactly what happened in '03. In fact I'd argue that the bottom half of the 1st round was stronger. This bodes well for us having 3 throws of the dart, as one would say. If we don't get it this year with our 6,22,28 picks, it's very possible we'll get that true 'franchise player' next draft, and as we know they don't usually need much time to step in and make an impact anyways.
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