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Originally Posted by Sandman
Well, the post I was responding to was describing a scenario where we would finish in the middle of the pack, and end up with 2 late-first picks in this year’s draft. It’s my contention that, with the picks we have this year and next, it would be a better scenario to finish much lower in the standings in order to secure one or two of the top centres that will be available. If we suffer now with losses, it may benefit us long-term.
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I think it's pretty imperative that we finish pretty low this year... not just because of the 11 million conditions on the Monahan trade of which 1 could result in a nightmare scenario.
Conroy did a great job stocking up the pipeline on the blueline with all the prospects in trade + the past draft with Parekh and Mews + guys we already had, our wing depth is also very good (we have to many decent wingers at the NHL level and the pipeline is pretty good)... but our C depth in terms of both the NHL level and the prospect pool is the dogs breakfast. We have a glaring need to get a elite skilled center into the System and this could be our only/best opportunity to do so. If you're wondering why I saw only/best it's because I'm a big believer in Dustin Wolf... all he's done every step of the way to the NHL is put up video game numbers, collect trophies, and be a beast in net... once he's a fully formed NHL'er I expect he'll do the same which is a great thing for us to have but that still leaves us short on a essential ingrediant for a Championship calibre team (The elite C) without a realistic means of acquiring it because those guys aren't often available outside the top of the draft.