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Ashes · 05-09-2023, 10:06 AM

I was really hoping it would be Philly to sneak in there and get the 1st overall, keeping him in the East. Having another "generational" player in the West is nausea inducing.

McDavid, Draisaitl, McKinnon, Makar, Bedard - Ouch. Hopefully he helps the Hawks just enough to take them to mediocre-land for a few years at least while they begin building around their shiny new toy. I would like to see them draft 13-16th consistently.

I just wish all the teams that miss the playoffs would get better odds at the lottery or something, instead of incentivizing this tanking culture. Unless you have an ownership group willing to do a full scale "rebuild" and "tear-down".. you're screwed out of top-end talent in these "generational drafts".

Moving on.. hopefully Barlow, Yager, or Danielson at #16 for the Flames.

05-09-2023, 10:06 AM	#820
Ashes Scoring Winger Join Date: Nov 2016 Exp:	I was really hoping it would be Philly to sneak in there and get the 1st overall, keeping him in the East. Having another "generational" player in the West is nausea inducing. McDavid, Draisaitl, McKinnon, Makar, Bedard - Ouch. Hopefully he helps the Hawks just enough to take them to mediocre-land for a few years at least while they begin building around their shiny new toy. I would like to see them draft 13-16th consistently. I just wish all the teams that miss the playoffs would get better odds at the lottery or something, instead of incentivizing this tanking culture. Unless you have an ownership group willing to do a full scale "rebuild" and "tear-down".. you're screwed out of top-end talent in these "generational drafts". Moving on.. hopefully Barlow, Yager, or Danielson at #16 for the Flames.