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Originally Posted by OptimalTates
Hoping for a top two pick does seem like a solid plan. Turn on the TV tonight and you'll be able to watch Stamkos and Hedman vs MacKinnon and Landeskog.
Oh, but you're right that even if you finish last you might not get the top pick. Colorado finished dead last in 2017. 48 points compared to second place Canucks 69 points. A complete disaster of a year made worse when they lost all 3 lottery drafts and had to pick fourth overall and probably picked some bust.
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Colorado getting Makar was even luckier than Edmonton getting McDavid. All Edmonton had to do was win the lottery as there was zero chance anyone but McDavid was going first overall. Colorado had to lose the lottery and have the defenceman-equivalent of McDavid happen to be the best player available at #4... because, let's be honest, they would have taken one of the two Cs available (or even if they forced a D pick, would have taken Heiskanen over Makar) had they won the lottery.