The 80% chance that we will not pick 1st overall finishing last and picking McDavid is what scares me. Why lose on purpose or not try to make the team better. That is what the GM is paid for. Those are bad odds to gamble with in trying to improve by picking first. Ya, it would be great to get McDavid but in reality we won't finish below Florida, Buffalo, Edmonton, Winnipeg and maybe Carolina, no way we are below all of those teams.
I like what is happening right now. Bennett and Monahan are great pieces for us that will be the future of this team. Along with Backlund, Bouma, Brodie, Gaudreau and hopefully guys like Ferland, Knight, Granlund, Jouris, Poirier and Klimchuk can develop into good NHLers. I would not trade our roster for Edmonton's today. No way. Our future IMO is much brighter because of the culture that Hartley has created in Calgary.
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