Just a couple of thoughts.
I really hope that we don't get Buium. He's got a bit of an Adam Fox vibe to me.
Having said that, I think it's logical for us to take a defenceman at #9, as regards to a development timeline. You want to grow your team together so in four/five years we become an emerging powerhouse. Defence takes longer to figure out the NHL game, so it makes sense to pick a D in this draft, with the assumption that we're going to have some high end F options in 2025 and 2026.
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