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Originally Posted by nik-
The funny thing is that both sides of this argument are going to lose. We won't make the playoffs, and we'll never beat these other persistent loser teams when it comes to the draft.
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Difference is this year has the triple lottery. Now if we finish even 4th-6th we still have a half decent chance at drafting top 3. Ran the simulator a bunch today and 6th last still has ~25-30% chance of drafting top 3 from what I can tell. I'm sure some math wizards can figure it out exactly or maybe it's spelled out somewhere.
People shouldn't be talking about just Matthews, there's a lot of talent at the top end and the lottery will determine the draft order as much as the final standings will. I'd be pretty ecstatic with a top 5 pick this year. Sure Matthews or Laine would be amazing but the guys right after them are talents as well.
Even though this draft isn't "deep" because it drops off fast, the top 5-10 this year is definitely well above average IMO. The year we drafted Bennett there was a clearcut top 4 of elite guys. This year IMO there's at least 5 elite guys.