You don't trade firsts. Its never worked out in the past. Even trading down was a disaster.
I think the last time they traded a 1st it was for Dwayne Roloson ... who took them to the Cup finals, lol, so that's not even factually true. I'd do that trade again every day of the week.
To get Ehlers you trade a 1st if its protected IMO.
The odds of a 9/10/11/12 pick being better than a guy who's 23 and already a two time 60 point scorer with three 20 goal seasons is like what? Maybe 10%.
We gotta take some risks, Holland doesn't have 2-3 years to write off here.
Even usually mild mannered Nugent Hopkins was very pissed off in his season ending presser last year, season ticket holders are starting to revolt ... I'm sorry Kenny, but you don't have years to fix this.
You got like 12-13 months at best to make a playoff team. If they're not at minimum a solid lock for a playoff team by July 202o, there is going to be big problems.
Sacrifices will have to be made.