As I posted in the GDT, gotta look on the bright side! No Oilers and Canucks in Top 3. Also lots of optiions for this pick either keeping, trading up or down.
I'd also argue as I have before what we need more than franchise forwards or defence what we need is stronger support for the great young core of Monahan, Gaudreau, Bennett, Brodie, Dougie that we already have and are developing.
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Try to look at the bright side of whatever pick.
8th means Edmonton, Vancouver and Toronto fell out of the top 3.
7th means at least one of Vancouver or Edmonton out of the top 3, maybe both.
6th means we only dropped a spot and get a decent draft position. Might be an attractive slot to trade down a few to get another asset and a player we want.
5th means we can land one of Dubios or Tkachuk (probably the best consolation prizes).
4th means something is broken, or they kicked the Oilers out of the league.
3rd - Puljujarvi, great all round player
2nd - Laine, dynamic sniper. Ovechkin like.
1st - Franchise Centre, insanely good Centre depth going forward.
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