[Poe969]

Personally, I think it's more than just getting the best player in the draft. I think it's about getting the #1 pick for the franchise. This team has never had a #1 pick and after trading the franchise player, they need to do something to show the fans, the rest of the league and the players that they're moving in the right direction. Feaster just admited that this is indeed a rebuild and the best way to rebuild is to do it with the best player available. Even if MacKinnon doesn't turn out to be the BEST player, getting him would show that the Flames WANT to get the best player and are willling to do anything and everything in their power to do so. As for keeping the 3 later picks, there is a chance that 2/3 don't even turn into NHL players so saying they all could is moot. This team needs a star. This team needs a #1 center they can build around and when you're building a team around a player you want to make sure that that player is the best player avialable. MacKinnon would be more than just a player if we got him, he'd be the sign that this team is going to be good and get better. When bad teams get great players, they improve. Tampa improved a lot when they got Stamkos, the islanders are building a good team around Tavares, the oilers suck, Kane might have been the player to push the Hawks over the edge.

I just think that if you get a chance to get the best player there is, you give anything and everything you can to get that player.