[Caged Great]

The way I look at it, Forwards are the "easiest" to develop in terms of speed from draft pick to legit players. With this draft being so forward heavy, getting 2-3 picks in the top 30 will allow the team to hopefully get two legit scorers in the next two seasons. That in addition to allowing the current crop of young players the space to see what they've got. Pelletier, Ruzicka, Zary, Coronato, Duehr, Pospisil, Pettersen, Phillips if he's back.

Defenders and Goalies take the longest. Wolf having time to develop in a less pressure situation will help. Additionally all the defenders except Tanev are in the ideal defenseman age group and another year or two is not going to hurt any of them. They will still be an elite group of defenders in two years, with or without Hanifin. The only defense prospect that is looking to crack that lineup any time soon is Poirier, which he'll be ready in a year or two.