Marry me!honestly, i’m happy no matter what, this draft being so deep means we’re going to get 2 high end players wherever we end up.
Not saying i won’t be disappointed if Ottawa doesn’t win the lottery cause i absolutely will be.
Finishing bottom 2 three years in a row and not get a 3rd round pick would be abysmal. Nothing greedy about it. There's a drop-off in forwards after 3.5 and 6 is fine. Let’s not get greedy.
Picking #1 though so whatever.
By the time you have to sign a player to "top guy" money Bobby Ryan will be off the books. That will go along way to signing a guy like Laf.5&6 Realistically sens aren’t signing the top guy to Mathews/McDavid money in their first RFA years and trading them away is crap shoot so may was well draft the next tier guys that sens May get some
good years out of.
Actually this is one year where no one would be surprised if any guy in the top six or seven became a superstar. Raymond or Perfetti could end up being 40 goal /90 point guys and outperform Byfield or Stutzle.Finishing bottom 2 three years in a row and not get a 3rd round pick would be abysmal. Nothing greedy about it. There's a drop-off in forwards after 3.