[Caged Great]

Reinhart is almost guaranteed to become a top two line center.

Ekblad is more likely to become a version of Dennis Wideman than he is to become Doughty.

That's literally the only reason why I would take any of the forwards unless we are picking 4th or 5th and Ekblad is there.

Really, you are just as likely to get a D-man that's good in the late first, the second, or even third round. That is why I would take the forward be it Reinhart, Dal Colle, Bennett, or Draisaitl. You are more likely to get two really good players if you take the forward and then spam D-men with the remaining picks in the top 3 rounds, where if you take Ekblad alone, you have only a 50% chance of getting an average top 4 guy, and could possibly get someone that busts as likely as you are to get a really good one.

It's the safer route to go forward than it is D, and it's not like we couldn't use some star calibre skill on this team.