I think the agenda for Vegas is to have a competitive team but still finish in the bottom third of the league for the next few years to build thru the draft. That's why they are collecting picks and prospects to pass on superior players. With the players exposed LV could have a playoff caliber team if they picked the BPA from each team then traded the extra players for upgrades.
I will laugh when this plan backfires on them miserably.
The whole "hope to be bailed out by high picks as option 1" route can be extremely dangerous if you don't get lucky and land a McDavid/Crosby type player.
Take it from us. We know better than most.
But hey, they wanna suck for several years in our division, good for them. We'll take advantage. Hopefully they and Vancouver and Arizona stink it up for years to come, that'll be like a good 1/5 of our season, lol.