Seguin sounds nice if he could bounce back and be an elite top line guy but his team is in the Stanley Cup finals right now and he's a ghost. I'm not very confident in a bounce back for him. Add the contract and ya I think you stay away.
I honestly like the idea of trading Monahan and Gaudreau for deals centered around top picks. Yes there is risk but if you hit you could find two stars to build around for a decade. Its a gamble but personally I'd rather gamble than play conservative and see us get two lesser players and some throw in pieces and just watch this team fizzle out until its time for another rebuild. Who knows if trades like that are even on the table but if this draft is deep there should be some strong players available in the late 1/3, early 2/3 of the first round. Getting a top prospect like a Cozens would be nice but I feel teams are more likely to hold onto those guys over picks.
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