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Originally Posted by Caged Great
The way I look at it is that we have 6 holes in this system. Top end skilled forwards, High end offensive defensemen, High end defensive defensemen, Overall Size, Right Wing, and Goaltending depth.
The most glaring needs were high end skill, and defensemen. Size, Right Wing, and Goalie depth were all there, but not really a big big problem comparatively.
We addressed the high end skill, RW depth, goalie depth and size. While Hickey and Mattsson are good, they aren't high end talents and as of right now slide into the group of Kulak Culkin Roy and Gilmour in the "long shots" category. I'm optimistic and hopeful that they both become something, but they are not anywhere near a sure thing.
We now only have three major needs. High End Skilled forwards, High End Offensive D, and High End Defensive D. Next year, anything other than defense is not really acceptable (unless we get one of the top two picks overall in McDavid or Eichel)
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We still lack high end skilled forwards after this draft? Bennett is arguably the most skilled player in the draft - our prospect depth is actually quite deep in terms of skilled forwards.
If the clear BPA at our pick next year is a centre, we could always shift one or more of our centers to the wing - I'm hoping that the BPA will be a defenseman though.