I agree with that. Under normal circumstances, all of Bennett, Reinhart and Ekblad will be gone ... Florida (Barkov, Bjugstad, Pirri, Trocheck, Shore) and the Isles (Tavares, Nielsen, Strome, Lee) both have great center depth already, but you simply can't pass drafting one of the top guys. Our best chance would be trading up ... Burkie has experience in doing so and if acquisition cost isn't too high, I'd be all over trading up to 3rd which would ensure getting one of the "big three".
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