Took them long enough I've been advocating for them to do that for like 2 months regardless of where they ended up in the lottery, albeit to be fair I still think they can maybe get as good of a prospect at say 12-15 or so as they can at 8-10, depending on how the draft breaks.
I have no idea why, I mean besides me reading just about everything and seeing the Rangers positioning, I just feel like this draft is the one to push all in for in terms of trying to be in the top ~15 or so.
There are likely to be some prospects who broke records or came close in their leagues who are going to fall outside of the top 10. It's forward heavy with high ceilings, and some teams are going to want a defender or even the goalie.
I do think Kreider with a later 1st pick can maybe get them in the top 10, I think Edmonton with that #8, maybe even Buffalo at #7, those two teams need to do some stuff at the NHL level. Florida, Arizona at #13, 14. Are those seats getting hot? Maybe Montreal at #15 if they are over Emelin tripping him into Price thing. Take back some cap hit so that team even if they can't extend Kreider they get something extra out of the deal for something else.