Depends on how contract talks go. If we can lock him up long-term at a reasonable cap hit then we should probably keep him. If he insists on a 2-3 year bridge or a crazy high cap hit long term then I'd rather take 2nd overall.
If we get Matthews with our pick, getting 2nd overall becomes more tempting though. It would essentially guarantee an elite top-6 within the next 2 years. At that point, we can draft nothing but D and goalies for the next few years. I'd imagine that Hunter would be able to find a couple of gems with 30+ picks.
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The 2nd line wings can be easily filled with prospects we already have, same with the bottom 6. That frees up guys like Kadri/JVR to trade for defense. Before anyone jumps on this with the standard "do you wanna be the Oilers" garbage, you have to keep in mind that the Oilers aren't bad because they're forward heavy, they're bad because they can't draft outside the 1st round. A single Faulk/Parayko/Klingberg/Gostisbehere late round steal would have been enough to start turning things around.