With Bokk, one of Kostin or Kyrou, Barbashev, Walman, Husso, etc., we won’t need 1st round picks this or next year. I’ve already posted a lineup that only needs Kyrou and Thomas - we could replace their third line roles with Bokk/Kostin and Barbashev when 2020 rolls around. I think the future is fine - our core would be for both now and the future. By the time we draft in the first again in 2021, we’d be timing it well for more youth to restock the cupboards.
If you think talking about the biggest story in the off-season is an obsession, then change the subject to something more interesting like acquiring some goalie. I posted my thoughts, and have responded to others’ responses. It was claimed it was impossible to fit under the cap, and I demonstrated that that’s not entirely true. That seems like a good use of “5 pages” in July considering where our team is at this point.