Agreed. No tricks, no big offers, no need for all that. We'll already have a decent chance if we just take the 2015 1st round pick we have already and gamble with that.
Let's just focus on building a team. Let the chips fall where they may. We could stockpile three or four 1st rounders for next year and offer them all for the 1st overall and the team holding it likely wouldn't budge. Dumb idea. Either we get super lucky or we don't. No other way around it, I don't think. And outside of McDavid I'm not sure others would be much better than Reinhart/Ekblad (Eichel? Dunno) but fact is we have a legitimate shot at the big two for this year, and unlike some here, I do think they could make a difference. Every draft seems to produce at least a couple higher end NHLers, whether it's considered generally strong or weaker. Just don't put ALL your chips in the McDavid basket, only to be disappointed and have to take scraps instead, meanwhile not picking up anything meaningful in this draft.
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